The Barber of Siberia
“He's Russian. That explains a lot.”
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
65 people
Julia Ormond
Jane Callahan
Known for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
Oleg Menshikov
André Tolstoi
Known for
Invasion
Burnt by the Sun
Aleksey Petrenko
General Radlov
Known for
12
Ruthless Romance
Richard Harris
Douglas McCraken
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Gladiator
Vladimir Ilin
Captain Mokine
Known for
The Spacewalker
A Dog Named Palma
Marat Basharov
Polievsky
Known for
Yulenka
Three Seconds
Georgiy Dronov
Nazarov
Known for
Day Watch
Nikita Tatarenkov
Alibekov
Also in
The Golden Calf
Empire is Under Attack
Artyom Mikhalkov
Boutourline
Known for
9th Company
Soulless
Daniel Olbrychski
Kopnovsky
Known for
Salt
Decalogue III
Marina Neyolova
André Tolstoï's mother
Known for
Autumn Marathon
Avangard Leontyev
André Tolstoi's uncle
Known for
Burnt by the Sun
Oblomov
Nikita Mikhalkov Director · Rospo Pallenberg Writer Rustam Ibragimbekov Writer
Director Writer
Nikita Mikhalkov
Writer
Rospo Pallenberg
Writer
Rustam Ibragimbekov
Composer
Eduard Artemyev
Cinematographer
Pavel Lebeshev
Editor
Enzo Meniconi
Production designer
Jindřich Kočí
Production designer
Vladimir Aronin
Production designer
Martin Martinec
Costume designer
Natalya Ivanova
Costume designer
Sergey Struchev
Budget $35M · United States release November 11, 1998 · Produced in France, Russia
Box office
Budget
$35,000,000
Production
Camera One
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Studio Trite
Production
Canal+
Production
Eurimages
Production
Medusa Film
Production
Barrandov Studio
Production
Goskino
Production
Caméra One
Production
Three T Productions
Production
France · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Сибирский цирюльник
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
English · German · Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 30, 1998
Premiere
United States · November 11, 1998
Theatrical
Russia · February 20, 1999
Theatrical
Argentina
March 12, 2001 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
May 7, 2003 · TV
Belgium
May 12, 1999 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
November 8, 2000 · Physical
China
October 1, 1999 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Czechia
January 20, 2000 · Theatrical
Denmark
December 25, 1999 · Theatrical
Estonia
July 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Finland
February 24, 2006 · TV
France
May 12, 1999 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
December 21, 2000 · Theatrical
January 15, 2002 · Physical · DVD
September 25, 2005 · TV
Hong Kong SAR China
November 16, 2000 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 6, 2000 · Theatrical
Iceland
January 23, 2001 · Physical
Israel
March 23, 2000 · Theatrical
Italy
May 14, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
September 30, 2000 · Theatrical
September 25, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Lithuania
June 11, 1999 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 18, 2000 · Theatrical
November 14, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Poland
February 18, 2000 · Theatrical
Russia
March 14, 2021 · Theatrical · re-release
Serbia
December 31, 1999 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 14, 2000 · Theatrical
Spain
November 5, 1999 · Theatrical
October 21, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
October 6, 2000 · Theatrical
February 13, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Türkiye
April 26, 2002 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 26, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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