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The Barber of Siberia
He's Russian. That explains a lot.
Genres
ComedyDramaRomanceHistory
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$35000000
Revenue
$0
Runtime
180 min
Release Date
1998-11-11
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
144
Vote Average
7.097
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Julia Ormond
Jane Callahan
Oleg Menshikov
André Tolstoi
Aleksey Petrenko
General Radlov
Richard Harris
Douglas McCraken
Vladimir Ilin
Captain Mokine
Marat Basharov
Polievsky
Georgiy Dronov
Nazarov
Nikita Tatarenkov
Alibekov
Artyom Mikhalkov
Boutourline
Daniel Olbrychski
Kopnovsky
Marina Neyolova
André Tolstoï's mother
Avangard Leontyev
André Tolstoi's uncle
Anna Mikhalkova
Douniacha
Robert Hardy
Forsten
Elizabeth Spriggs
Perepiolkina
Nikita Mikhalkov
Imperator Aleksandr III
Isabelle Renauld
Imperatritsa
Evgeniy Steblov
Velikiy knyaz
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Adyutant Velikogo knyazya
Leonid Kuravlyov
Vakhmistr Bukin
Aleksandr Lenkov
Uchenyy
Aleksandr Ilin
Kupets
Aleksandr Mokhov
Ofitser
Yelena Obolenskaya
Stuttering Cadet
Richard Dempsey
Kadet-zaika
Jason Done
Kadet
Filipp Dyachkov
Mikhail, son of tsar
Vladimir Zaytsev
Radlov's Adjutant
Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy
Terrorist
Pierre Aussedat
Geller
Vladimir Goryushin
Coachman Kuzma
Olga Anokhina
Governor's Wife
Aleksandr Yakovlev
Maksimych
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Cool Lady
Josef Nedorost
Violinist
Václav Legner
Inspector
Kirill Grebenshchikov
Cadet
Ivan Lakshin
Cadet
Sergey Pinchuk
Cadet
Sergey Steblov
Cadet
Aleksey Shutov
Cadet
Mac McDonald
Sergeant O'Leary
Daniel Evans
Andrew (in Mask)
Jason Done
Cadet
Mikhail Shevchuk
Cadet
Andrey Barilo
Cadet
Filipp Feoktistov
Cadet
Igor Sannikov
Lilliputian 'Napoleon'
Aleksandr Dubina
Engineer
Pierre Narcisse
Prince's Servant
Aleksandr Dedyushko
Pavel Maykov
Roman Radov
Anna Nevskaya
Vladimir Tyagichev
Igor Klimov
Oleg Savosin
Mariya Felyanina
Tatyana Vasilyeva
Hana Středová
Mr. McCracken's Housemaid
Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Girl at the Fair (uncredited)
Anatoliy Skoryakin
General (uncredited)
Igor Bondarenko
Funny General (uncredited)
Pavel Kornakov
Officer (uncredited)
Angela Dmitrieva
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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