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1998 Russian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Barber of Siberia (Russian: Сибирский цирюльник, translit. Sibirskiy tsiryulnik) is a 1998 Russian drama film that re-united the Academy Award-winning team of director, writer, producer and actor Nikita Mikhalkov, screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov and producer Michel Seydoux. It was screened out of competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was disqualified for not getting a print lately to Los Angeles as a nominee.[2][3]
| The Barber of Siberia | |
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Original Russian language poster | |
| Directed by | Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Written by | Nikita Mikhalkov Rustam Ibragimbekov Rospo Pallenberg |
| Produced by | Nikita Mikhalkov Michel Seydoux |
| Starring | Julia Ormond Richard Harris Oleg Menshikov Aleksei Petrenko Marina Neyolova Vladimir Ilyin Daniel Olbrychski David Nykl |
| Cinematography | Pavel Lebeshev |
| Edited by | Enzo Meniconi |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev Anatoly Dokumentov |
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Running time | 180 minutes |
| Countries | Russia France Italy Czech Republic United States |
| Languages | Russian English |
| Budget | $35 million |
Jane Callahan (Julia Ormond), a beautiful American lady, writes to her son, a cadet at a famous military academy, about a long kept secret. Twenty years ago she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken (Richard Harris), an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich's patronage to sponsor his invention, a massive machine to harvest the Siberian forests. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: a handsome young cadet Andrej Tolstoy (Oleg Menshikov) with whom she shares a fondness for opera, and the powerful General Radlov (Aleksei Petrenko) who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her. Tolstoy and Radlov, much to the surprise and indignation of the latter, become rivals for Jane's love. She confides a deep secret to Tolstoy, promises to marry him, and together they spend a passionate night of love fathering her child. But later he overhears Jane denying her interest in him to the General, in order to win the general's favour and be granted an audience with the Grand Duke. Distraught, Tolstoy attacks the General who arrests his young rival on false charges and banishes him to Siberia to seven years of hard labor and a further five years of exile.
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