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Released
1998 · FILM

The Barber of Siberia

A foreign entrepreneur and his assistant navigate the treacherous politics of 19th-century Siberia as she becomes entangled in a dangerous game between a charming cadet and a power-hungry general.

He's Russian. That explains a lot.

Directed by
Runtime
180 min
Language
RU
ComedyDramaHistory

Synopsis

Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur who travels to Russia in 1885 with the goal of selling an experimental steam-driven timber harvester in Siberia. Jane serves as his assistant. During her journey, she encounters two men who significantly impact her life: Andrej Tolstoy, a young and attractive cadet with whom she shares an interest in opera, and General Radlov, a powerful figure who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Enzo MeniconiShot by Pavel LebeshevScored by Eduard ArtemyevDesigned by Vladimir Aronin

Box Office

1998 · Box office

Produced on a $35.0M budget

Production budget

$35.0M

Also known as

  • Der Barbier von Sibiriende
  • The Barber of Siberiaen
  • El barbero de Siberiaes
  • Le Barbier de Sibériefr
  • Il barbiere di Siberiait
  • Сибирский цирюльникru

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