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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Nikita Mikhalkov (story)
Rustam Ibragimbekov (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 February 1999 (Russia) more
Tagline:
He's Russian. That explains a lot.
Plot:
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
A story of love, friendship and honor, not a reality quest! more (69 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Julia Ormond | ... | Jane Callahan | |
| Richard Harris | ... | Douglas McCraken | |
| Oleg Menshikov | ... | André Tolstoi | |
| Aleksei Petrenko | ... | General Radlov (as Alexey Petrenko) | |
| Marina Neyolova | ... | The mother of Andrei Tolstoi (as Marina Neelova) | |
| Vladimir Ilyin | ... | Captain Mokin | |
| Daniel Olbrychski | ... | Kopnovsky | |
| Anna Mikhalkova | ... | Douniacha | |
| Marat Basharov | ... | Polievsky | |
| Nikita Tatarenkov | ... | Alibekov | |
| Artyom Mikhalkov | ... | Buturlin | |
| Georgiy Dronov | ... | Cadet Nazarov (as Georgy Dronov) | |
| Avangard Leontyev | ... | Andrei's Uncle (as Avangard Leontiev) | |
| Robert Hardy | ... | Forsten | |
| Elizabeth Spriggs | ... | Perepyolkina |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Сибирскiй цирюльникъ (Russia)
Il barbiere di Siberia (Italy)
Le barbier de Sibérie (France)
The Barber of Siberia (International: English title)
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Runtime:
180 min | Russia:275 min (TV version)
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Russia | France | Italy | Czech Republic
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | Iceland:L
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The film opened the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. more
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Anachronisms: American soldiers wear gas masks, which were not used by troops until WWI. In the US Army, they appeared first in 1917. more
Soundtrack:
March of Saratovasky Regiment more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Sibirskiy tsiryulnik (1998)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Disqualified? | jfelt08 |
| Great movie | duarte_069 |
| Why is this film so hidden? | sdanzig |
| Russian dialogue? | Happy_Evil_Dude |
| Lovely movie | yasmin810 |
| uncut version? | laj45 |
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I've seen this movie a lot of times, and loved it every time. Surely it is not very truthful story from the historical point of view. It also isn't very realistic and probably it wasn't made to be one. Who says that every movie nowdays should be? Sometimes you want to see something more fairy-tale like. Though you should remember, this is not one of those happy ones. From mine point of view the main idea of this movie was to show the emotions of youth in those days in Russia. Friendship, love and honor were the virtues that were truly valued. Every one of those emotions were shown in the best possible way. The things I didn't like in that movie, were the overplayed roles of some characters and too long scenes showing the russian passion for drinking(???). But those shouldn't be that big obstacles for not loving everything else. If you didn't like the story of this film, you should watch it at least because of the incredible performance of the russian actor Oleg Menshikov, which dimmes everyone else appearance, even the fabulous Julia Ormond. He plays with such passion that even the fact that he plays much more younger character than himself is not noticeable. I think that everyone who is looking for real emotions on screen, should give this movie a chance, and maybe in the end you will be suprised how much you really enjoyed it.