The Barber of Siberia

Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

Written by Nikita Mikhalkov, Rospo Pallenberg, Nikita Mikhalkov, Rustam Ibragimbekov

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.

Cast

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