The Barber of Siberia (1998)

The Barber of Siberia (1998)

He's Russian. That explains a lot.

Release Date: 1998, November 11
Directors: Nikita Mikhalkov
Countries: France, Russia
Production: Caméra One, Caméra One, France 2 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma, Studio Trite, Studio Trite, Canal+, Canal+, Eurimages, Eurimages, Medusa Film, Medusa Film, Barrandov Studio, Barrandov Studio, Goskino, Goskino
Cast: Richard Harris, Elizabeth Spriggs, Robert Hardy, Mac McDonald, Julia Ormond, Richard Dempsey, Daniel Evans, Jason Done, Aleksandr Dubina, Daniel Olbrychski, Marina Neyolova, Marat Basharov

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.