The Barber of Siberia

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The Barber of Siberia (1998)

Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

“He's Russian. That explains a lot.”

Comedy, Drama, Romance, History · 3h 00m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer
Nikita Mikhalkov, Rospo Pallenberg, Rustam Ibragimbekov
Director of Photography
Pavel Lebeshev
Original Music Composer
Eduard Artemyev
Editor
Enzo Meniconi
Producer
Michel Seydoux, Nikita Mikhalkov

Details

Original title
Сибирский цирюльник
Release date
1998-11-11
Runtime
3h 00m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance, History
Original language
RU
Spoken languages
English, German, Russian
Countries
France, Russia
Production
Camera One, France 2 Cinéma, Studio Trite, Canal+, Eurimages, Medusa Film, Barrandov Studio, Goskino
Budget
$35,000,000