The Barber of Siberia
1998
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Synopsis
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.
Facts
Awards
State Prize of the Russian Federation
Setting
Russia
Filming location
Czech Republic, Prague
Production
TriTe
Original language
Russian
Trailer
Stills
Festival History
- Cannes Film Festival 1999 generic
- Russian Guild of Film Critics 1999 generic
