| The Barber of Siberia
He's Russian. That explains a lot.
Jane Callahan (Julia Ormond), a once beautiful American, writes to her son, a cadet at a famous military academy, but who is he? Her memories take us back 20 years to when she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken (Richard Harris), an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke's patronage to sponsor his invention, a massive machine to harvest the forests of Siberia. On her travels, she meets two men who will change her life forever. A handsome young Andrey Tolstoy (Oleg Menshikov) with whom she shares a fondness of opera, and the powerful General Radlov (Alexey Petrenko) who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her. Tolstoy and Radlov vie for the love of the woman with whom they are obsessed. She confides a deep secret to Tolstoy, promises to marry him, and together they spend a passionate night of love. But later he overhears Jane denying her interest in him to the General. Distraught, Tolstoy attacks the General who arrests his young rival on false charges and banishes him to Siberia.
Jane never gives up hope of finding Tolstoy, her true love. Years later, although by now married to McCracken, she returns to Russia to discover where he lives in Siberia. She goes to his home, a barber's shop, where she finds a spirit and happiness that leave her with the knowledge that the one thing she still has is her secret, which will forever tie her and her son to the huge mysterious country. |
| Running Time | 176 minutes | | Age Restriction | Age Restrict PG
Age Restrict Violence | | | Genre | Drama | | Producer | Michel Seydoux | | Director | Nikita Mikhalkov | | Cast | Julia Ormond, Oleg Menshikov, Richard Harris, Aleksei Petrenko | | Website | http://www.the-barber-of-siberia.com/ | | |
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