The Barber of Siberia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-02-20

Languages:

Russian, English, French, German

Countries:

Russia, France, Italy, Czech Republic

Runtime:

180 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (8604 Reviews)

Director:

Nikita Mikhalkov

Genres:

Comedy Drama Romance

Cast:

Julia Ormond Oleg Menshikov Aleksey Petrenko Richard Harris

Writer:

Nikita Mikhalkov (story)

Rustam Ibragimbekov (screenplay)

Nikita Mikhalkov (screenplay)

Rospo Pallenberg (in cooperation with)

Fullplot:

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, who falls in love with a young Russian officer, Andrè, and spends the next 10 years perfecting the harvester and pursuing her love, who has been exiled to Siberia.

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