The Barber of Siberia
He's Russian. That explains a lot.
7.0(157) 1998-11-11 180 minComedyDramaRomanceHistory
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: a handsome young cadet Andrej Tolstoy with whom she shares a fondness for opera, and the powerful General Radlov who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her.
DirectorNikita Mikhalkov
WriterNikita Mikhalkov
WriterRospo Pallenberg
ProducerMichel Seydoux
ProducerNikita Mikhalkov
Original Music ComposerEduard Artemyev
WriterRustam Ibragimbekov
Cast & characters
Julia Ormond
as Jane Callahan
Oleg Menshikov
as André Tolstoi
Aleksey Petrenko
as General Radlov
Richard Harris
as Douglas McCraken
Vladimir Ilin
as Captain Mokine
Marat Basharov
as Polievsky
Georgiy Dronov
as Nazarov
Nikita Tatarenkov
as Alibekov
Artyom Mikhalkov
as Boutourline
Daniel Olbrychski
as Kopnovsky
Marina Neyolova
as André Tolstoï's mother
Avangard Leontyev
as André Tolstoi's uncle
Anna Mikhalkova
as Douniacha
Robert Hardy
as Forsten
Elizabeth Spriggs
as Perepiolkina
Nikita Mikhalkov
as Imperator Aleksandr III
Isabelle Renauld
as Imperatritsa
Evgeniy Steblov
as Velikiy knyaz
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
as Adyutant Velikogo knyazya
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Vakhmistr Bukin
Aleksandr Lenkov
as Uchenyy
Aleksandr Ilin
as Kupets
Aleksandr Mokhov
as Ofitser
Yelena Obolenskaya
as Stuttering Cadet
