Is The Barber of Siberia easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 77% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Barber of Siberia scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Barber of Siberia violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Barber of Siberia end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Barber of Siberia sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Barber of Siberia

Name: The Barber of Siberia
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, History
Released: 1998
Duration: 180 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Julia Ormond, Oleg Menshikov, Aleksey Petrenko, Richard Harris, Vladimir Ilin

He's Russian. That explains a lot.

Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

Produced by Camera One, France 2 Cinéma

1998180 min7.0 / 10

A romantic period drama set in 19th-century Russia, blending comedy and historical adventure as a woman navigates love between two men amid entrepreneurial ambitions.

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.

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Genres

Comedy Drama Romance History

Keywords

Siberia 19th Century Early 1900s

Questions people ask

Is The Barber of Siberia easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.
Is The Barber of Siberia scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is The Barber of Siberia violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Does The Barber of Siberia end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.
Is The Barber of Siberia sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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