The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

  • Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
  • Writer: Nikita Mikhalkov,Rustam Ibragimbekov,Rospo Pallenb
  • Countries of origin: Russia, France, Italy, Czech Republic
  • Language: Russian, English, French, German
  • Release date: February 20, 1999
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: El barbero de Siberia
  • "The Barber of Siberia" is a romance film produced by the Russian 3T film production company, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov , starring Julia Ormond , Oleg Menshikov , Richard Harris , and Alexei Petrenko. The film was released in Russia on February 20, 1999.
    The film tells the tragic love story of a Russian man and an American woman in two different cultural backgrounds   .

    Details

    • Release date February 20, 1999
    • Filming locations Portugal
    • Production companies Studio Trite, Caméra One, France 2 Cinéma

    Box office

    Budget

    $35,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $2,634,218

    Movie reviews

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    • By Colton 2022-12-22 01:21:53

      Notes

      It has been stored on the list of things I want to see for too long, and my impression is that it is an example of "a kind of limit" used by my admired teacher as a positive teaching in the video-narrative class. This kind of preconceived high expectation brought a sense of loss to my face in my ignorant viewing experience at first.

      After reading some analysis, I can't help feeling ashamed and pushed myself to a great extent. Sure enough, people...

    • By Erwin 2022-11-20 03:27:45

      in the siberian forest

      It's as refreshing as reading a Russian novel. The heroine Jane is an inventor's daughter who pretends to be a widow. She encounters Ander Tolstoy (yes, Tolstoy), a military student, on the train, and gradually falls in love. In order to help her father get the money for the logging machine project, Jane seduced the military academy principal. Unexpectedly, both the sixty-year-old principal and the twenty-year-old military academy took the initiative to show their true feelings...

    • By Lynn 2022-10-31 03:48:49

      The Siberian landscape and the simple and sincere passion of Russia

      The following is excerpted from the detailed explanation of the small partner, for the record to explain why it is a barber in Siberia

      The Barber of Siberia, borrowed from Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro". I want to understand what the screenwriter or director means, maybe start with "The Marriage of Figaro".

      "The Marriage of Figaro" is a four-act opera composed by Mozart. The opera is based on three plays of the...

    • By Elissa 2022-10-19 15:58:07

      Their love pervades the boundless fields of Siberia

      A high-spirited young man in the military academy fell in love with a courtesan who was on the scene. Because of his pride and frivolity, his love was too sincere and fierce, ruining his life.

      The film is nearly three hours long, the plot is long, or because of the grand background, it also gave me a new understanding of the country of Russia.

      The title of the film has two meanings. One is that...

    • By Manuel 2022-08-01 10:36:17

      The Barber of Siberia--Love that Spans Three Time and Space

      characterization and comedy settings that are three-dimensional and interesting, excellent scene scheduling, Russian folklore and character depictions, and spatial scheduling of heroine appearances: camera shots fixed in the car window The looming face of the heroine and the line of sight reflected by the window glass. The recruits outside (including the hero) The heroine observes the space. Three...

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    • By Jaclyn 2022-04-20 09:02:56

      6. Hollywood-style Russian films, Nikita is...

    • By Eduardo 2022-04-20 09:02:56

      This should be a good movie, but after watching it for the second time after a long time, I was very disappointed with myself. I can clearly recognize many of the small clips. It proves that I have seen this movie before, but it is strange that I watched the movie for the first time. I have forgotten all my emotions, I can't remember it at all... It's like I haven't seen it at...

    • By Guido 2022-04-20 09:02:56

      "Most of the times people think they are punishing on life, but always ended up punishing...

    • By Fanny 2022-04-20 09:02:56

      A story connected by Mozart, a lifetime of exile for love and stubbornness. The joy at the beginning gradually transitioned to the heaviness at the end. This movie was not surprising when I watched it, but when I thought about it carefully, I felt the collision of my soul, Andre's stubborn eyes, desperate eyes, lonely eyes, the friends of the non-commissioned officer school sang in unison the excerpts from the opera , insisting on a masked son, a fate beyond personal control. ....

    • By Tremaine 2022-04-20 09:02:56

      Whether the encounter between people is a punishment or a blessing may take 20 years to interpret. The many laughs in the first half are in stark contrast to the crying and no tears in the second half. The whole film is full of Russian style. The faces of the Russian non-commissioned officers in the military school, the sturdy physique, and the decent military uniforms are fascinating! Love Julia Ormond's performance, which holds up the whole film. Beauty is a curse, and it applies to both...

    Movie plot

    Tsarist Russia in 1885. Due to funding problems , American scientist Robert McClain ( Richard Harris ) plans to build a new type of logging machine, The Barber of Siberia, was put on hold . His beauty and social skills tricked the Moscow government into making the next investment.
    On the train to Moscow, Jane meets Sergeant Andrei Tolstoy ( Oleg Menshikov ) , a suave American woman who falls in love at first sight. Jane learned that...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film was jointly filmed by France and Russia, but 70% of the lines were in English, which were translated by the director himself.
    Although the film was criticized as a Hollywood movie in a Russian coat, the film was not released in American theaters.
    Director Nikita Mikhalkov made a friendly cameo in the role of Tsar Alexander III in the....
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    Evaluation action

    The Russia in "The Barber of Siberia" is indeed idealized - the Russian land is covered with continuous birch forests, on the traditional Russian meat festival, there are officers drinking a thousand glasses of vodka, the Moscow River is icy and snowy, shirtless The men forget each other's hatred after fistfighting. In the resplendent hall, handsome non-commissioned officers dance gracefully. On the solemn red square, the tsar riding a...
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    Movie quotes

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