Lost in Siberia (2012)
"Ausgerechnet Sibirien" (original title)

A comedy about a shy logistician of a German mail order company who is send to Kemerovo in Siberia from his boss to accomplish a German work flow system in the Russian subsidiary company.

Director:

Ralf Huettner

Writers:

Michael Ebmeyer (screenplay), Minu Barati (screenplay),

Stars:

Katja Riemann, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król

Cast

Credited cast:
Katja Riemann	...	Ilka
Armin Rohde	...	Holger
Joachim Król	...	Matthias Bleuel
Michael Degen	...	Director Fengler
Vladimir Burlakov	...	Artjom Tscheremnych
Svetlana Tsvichenko	...	Natalja
Zoya Buryak	...	Galina Karpowa
Michael Deffert	...	Hörspielsprecher (voice)
Yuliya Men	...	Sajana (as Julya Men)
Mandzhieva Gilyana	...	Kiné
Svetlana Smirnova	...	Uniformierte
Nina Semenova	...	Ljudmilla
Dimitriy Podnozov	...	Artjom's father
Aleksandr Garkushenko	...	Vladik
Andrey Sharkov	...	Sergej Karpow

Storyline

The shy logistician of a German mail order company, Matthias Bleuel, is send to Kemerovo in Siberia from his Russia - sentimental boss to accomplish a German work flow system in the Russian subsidiary company. He says yes simply because he is too weak to say no. Siberia, of all places! Equipped with down coat and pepper spray Bleuel expects to face danger, snow and ice. But in the mystic summer landscape he soon falls in love with traditional singer Sajana and can't recognise himself any more. The donnish logistician becomes a hotspur who believes in ghosts! Stumbling at first, but more and more self confident he moves into a new world and puts everything on risk to win the love of Sajana - and to say goodbye to former Matthias Bleuel.

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Plot Keywords:

sauna | male frontal nudity | nudity | language barrier | male nudity

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Germany Russia

Language:

German Russian English

Release Date:

10 May 2012 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Lost in Siberia

Filming Locations:

Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jooyaa Filmproduktion Berlin, Getaway Pictures, Kinokompaniya CTB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

German exotica comedy.

The German clothing supplier sends his distribution guy Kroll, now divorced from Katja Riemann, to streamline the company operation in Kemerovo in Siberia.

There Kroll finds the locals operating out of a market stall and he and the film are sidetracked, when he hears throat singer Men and follows her to her home community, shedding his hang ups in the process.

We get a gay translator, Agro ex-husbands, steam baths, a sanctified Balalaika and Shaman ceremonies

Handsome film which is unable to redeem it's central cliché, despite the talent and skill deployed.