The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

He's Russian. That explains a lot.

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Release Date

11/11/1998

Runtime

180 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

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A sweeping romantic drama set against the snowy vastness of 1880s Russia, where business ambitions and personal desires collide. It's an earnest, operatic tale of competing loves and impossible choices, told with the grand gestures of classical cinema.

Mood

RomanticWistfulBittersweetWhimsical

Themes

LoveAmbitionComing of ageIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyWidescreen epic

Structure

Linear

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