The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

180 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, History | Nov. 11, 1998

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.

The Barber of Siberia

180 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, History | Nov. 11, 1998

The Barber of Siberia
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Three T Productions, Caméra One
Original title Сибирский цирюльник
Directors Nikita Mikhalkov
Writers Rustam Ibragimbekov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Rospo Pallenberg

Cast

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

Richard Dempsey

as Kadet-zaika

Jason Done

as Kadet /

Filipp Dyachkov

as Mikhail, son of tsar