The Barber of Siberia backdrop

The Barber of Siberia 1998 Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov Сибирский цирюльник

He's Russian. That explains a lot.

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.

Country Russia
Production Countries France , Russia
Language Russian
Spoken Languages English , German , Russian
Budget $35,000,000
Release Date 11 November 1998
180 mins
Cast
Julia Ormond Jane Callahan
Oleg Menshikov André Tolstoi
Aleksey Petrenko General Radlov
Richard Harris Douglas McCraken
Vladimir Ilin Captain Mokine
Marat Basharov Polievsky
Artyom Mikhalkov Boutourline
Marina Neyolova André Tolstoï's mother
Avangard Leontyev André Tolstoi's uncle
Anna Mikhalkova Douniacha
Robert Hardy Forsten
Elizabeth Spriggs Perepiolkina
Nikita Mikhalkov Imperator Aleksandr III
Isabelle Renauld Imperatritsa
Evgeniy Steblov Velikiy knyaz
Viktor Verzhbitskiy Adyutant Velikogo knyazya
Leonid Kuravlyov Vakhmistr Bukin
Yelena Obolenskaya Stuttering Cadet
Richard Dempsey Kadet-zaika
Filipp Dyachkov Mikhail, son of tsar
Vladimir Zaytsev Radlov's Adjutant
Vladimir Goryushin Coachman Kuzma
Olga Anokhina Governor's Wife
Josef Nedorost Violinist
Václav Legner Inspector
Mac McDonald Sergeant O'Leary
Daniel Evans Andrew (in Mask)
Igor Sannikov Lilliputian 'Napoleon'
Pierre Narcisse Prince's Servant
Hana Středová Mr. McCracken's Housemaid
Nadezhda Mikhalkova Girl at the Fair (uncredited)
Anatoliy Skoryakin General (uncredited)
Igor Bondarenko Funny General (uncredited)
Pavel Kornakov Officer (uncredited)
Angela Dmitrieva Schoolgirl (uncredited)