Lost in Siberia (1991)
"Zateryannyy v Sibiri" (original title)

A political drama about Stalin's prison-camp system in Russia.

Director:

Aleksandr Mitta

Writers:

James Brabazon, Valeri Frid,

Stars:

Anthony Andrews, Vladimir Ilin, Yelena Majorova

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anthony Andrews	...	Andrei Miller
Vladimir Ilin	...	Captain Malakhov
Yelena Majorova	...	Anna
Irina Mikhalyova	...	Lilka (as Ira Mikhalyova)
Aleksandr Gureyev	...	Sergeant Konyaev
Valentin Gaft	...	Beria
Aleksei Zharkov	...	Nikola
Natalya Gundareva	...	Faina
Zinoviy Gerdt	...	Levenson
Ivan Bortnik	...	Faina's husband
Vladimir Prozorov	...	Charlie
Yevgeny Mironov	...	Volodja
Nikolai Pastukhov	...	Uncle Misha
Mikhail Zhigalov	...	Wounded traitor
Pyotr Zaychenko	...	Interrogator

Storyline

The political drama is set in the Stalin's Soviet Union after the Second World War. A British archaeologist Andrei Miller is working in Iran. He is mistakenly kidnapped and arrested by the KGB. He is falsely accused of spying and wrongfully sentenced to a Gulag prison-camp in Siberia.

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Plot Keywords:

archaeologist | siberia | iran | british | soviet | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union UK

Language:

Russian English

Release Date:

8 May 1992 (UK)

Also Known As:

Lost in Siberia

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm, Spectrum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first realistic portrayal of a Siberian gulag to be filmed in the former Soviet Union by Soviet filmmakers.

User Reviews

Brilliant movie; its story is a real nightmare.

The film is about British archaeologist, who's arrested by Stalin's secret police. It shows the mechanisms of Gulags (Russian concentration camps) and the impression from it was really authentic and awful. It was a nightmare! But there was also an unbelievable love story... The direction was brilliant, actors were brilliant and the film had a some poetry deep inside, the light of humanity, with which a man can resist the bad and harsh power. You won't believe the story if you don't know something about era of Stalinism and communism.