The Barber of Siberia

(1998)Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov180 min · PG-13Comedy, Drama, Romance, History
He's Russian. That explains a lot.

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.

Julia Ormondas Jane Callahan
Oleg Menshikovas André Tolstoi
Aleksey Petrenkoas General Radlov
Richard Harrisas Douglas McCraken
Vladimir Ilinas Captain Mokine
Marat Basharovas Polievsky
Georgiy Dronovas Nazarov
Nikita Tatarenkovas Alibekov
Artyom Mikhalkovas Boutourline
Daniel Olbrychskias Kopnovsky
Marina Neyolovaas André Tolstoï's mother
Avangard Leontyevas André Tolstoi's uncle
Anna Mikhalkovaas Douniacha
Robert Hardyas Forsten
Elizabeth Spriggsas Perepiolkina
Nikita Mikhalkovas Imperator Aleksandr III
Isabelle Renauldas Imperatritsa
Evgeniy Steblovas Velikiy knyaz
Viktor Verzhbitskiyas Adyutant Velikogo knyazya
Leonid Kuravlyovas Vakhmistr Bukin
Aleksandr Mokhovas Ofitser
Yelena Obolenskayaas Stuttering Cadet