The Barber of Siberia

Original title: Sibirskiy tsiryulnik

1998
3h

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Julia Ormond and Oleg Menshikov in The Barber of Siberia (1998)

At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives.At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives.At the turn of the century, a young Russian cadet falls in love with an American beauty, endangering his career and even their lives.

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7.7/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations

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Julia Ormond

Dzheyn
(as Dzhuliya Ormond)

Oleg Menshikov

Tolstoy

Aleksey Petrenko

Radlov

Richard Harris

Makkreken
(as Richard Kharris)

Vladimir Ilin

Mokin

Marat Basharov

Polievskiy

Nikita Tatarenkov

Alibekov

Georgiy Dronov

Nazarov

Artyom Mikhalkov

Buturlin

Daniel Olbrychski

Kopnovskiy
(as Daniel Olbrykhskiy)

Marina Neyolova

Mat Tolstogo

Avangard Leontev

Dyadya Nikolya

Anna Mikhalkova

Dunyasha

Robert Hardy

Forsten
(as Robert Khardi)

Elizabeth Spriggs

Perepelkina
(as Elizabet Spriggs)

Nikita Mikhalkov

Imperator Aleksandr III

Isabelle Renauld

Imperatritsa
(as Ezabel Reno)

Evgeniy Steblov

Velikiy knyaz

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Trivia
The winter in 1997 was uncommonly snowless and warm, but the movie makers wanted to film snowy Moscow streets and the Kremlin. So they used hundreds of tons of artificial snow.

Goofs
In a scene which takes place in 1905, a US flag is seen with 50 stars. The correct flag would have 45 Stars.

Quotes
Dzheyn: I'm one of those women your mother must have warned you about.

Connections
Featured in The Other Day 1961-2003: Our Era: Namedni 1999 (1999)

Soundtracks
Piano Concerto no. 23
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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10/10

fabulous

In its extended version -where the characters are fully developed and the relationships between them fully explored- this movie is incredible. Not just because Oleg Menshikov is a fabulous actor and Julia Ormond does some of the best acting I've seen her do, but because the plot is interesting and well written and the filming is beautiful.

In the butchered and censored short version crucial elements of the story are missing (especially the complete dialogues between Andrei and Jane and the majority of their scene in bed) and the movie is OK but nothing special.

Why would the studio even release such a lame version? Can you imagine a two hour version of Gone with the Wind? Or a 90 minute version of Titanic?

I saw the full 4 and ½ hours extended film in a cinema and no one walked out because it was too long. I saw the short version on the Cosmo channel and I really don't understand why the producers would stab themselves in the back by releasing a watered down and lacking version presumably for audiences with short attention spans?- but I recommend avoiding the 3 hours one and holding out for the real film.