# The Barber of Siberia (1998)

> A foreign inventor’s ambitious Siberian enterprise becomes the backdrop for a decade-spanning romance between his assistant and an exiled Russian officer.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/34696

## Facts

- Runtime: 180 min
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, History
- Director: Nikita Mikhalkov
- Cast: Julia Ormond, Oleg Menshikov, Aleksey Petrenko, Richard Harris, Vladimir Ilin, Marat Basharov, Georgiy Dronov, Nikita Tatarenkov
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120125/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: sweeping, wistful, comic, historical romance night, long weekend viewing

## Synopsis

A tale of ambition, love, and innovation set against the backdrop of 19th-century Siberia.

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