THE BARBER OF SIBERIA

Out of Competition

Directed by :: Nikita MIKHALKOV

Country:: RUSSIA, FRANCE, ITALY, CZECH REPUBLIC

Duration:: 180.00 minutes

Synopsis

1905 - Jane Callahan, a once beautiful American, writes to her son, a cadet at a famous military academy.
1885 - Her memories take us back 20 years to when she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken, an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke's patronage to sponsor his invention, a massive machine to harvest the forests of Siberia. She is supposed, as McCracken's daughter, to seduce the main representative authorities for him to be able to sell his machine. On her travels, she will meet a handsome young cadet, Andreï Tolstoy. They will share the passion for opera and the young officer falls in love with the beautiful stranger...

Nikita MIKHALKOV

Credits

Vladimir ARONINE - Set Designer
Nikita MIKHALKOV - Director
Rustam IBRAGIMBEKOV - Screenplay
Nikita MIKHALKOV - Screenplay
Rospo PALLENBERG - Screenplay
Pavel LEBESHEV - Cinematography
Edward Nicolai ARTEMIEV - Music
Enzo MENICONI - Film Editor

Actors

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