---
title: 'The Barber of Siberia (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nikita Mikhalkov'
released: '1998-10-30'
runtime_minutes: 180
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-barber-of-siberia-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120125/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Barber of Siberia (1998)

1998 · 180 min · Comedy, Romance, History · Russia, France, Italy, United States

Original title: Сибирский цирюльник

## Synopsis

The Barber of Siberia is a 1998 Russian drama film that re-united the Academy Award-winning team of director, writer, producer and actor Nikita Mikhalkov, screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov and producer Michel Seydoux. It was screened out of competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was disqualified for not getting a print to Los Angeles in time as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov)
- **Screenplay:** [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov), [Rustam Ibrahimbeyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/rustam-ibrahimbeyov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Eduard Artemyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-artemyev)
- **Producer:** [Michel Seydoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-seydoux)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pavel Lebeshev](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-lebeshev)

## Cast

- [Nikita Mikhalkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-mikhalkov) as Alexander III of Russia
- [Mac McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/mac-mcdonald) as Sergeant O'Leary
- [Aleksei Petrenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-petrenko) as General Radlov
- [Marat Basharov](https://cinepixo.com/people/marat-basharov) as Cadet Polievsky
- [Anna Nevskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-nevskaya)
- [Evgeniy Steblov](https://cinepixo.com/people/evgeniy-steblov)
- [Nikita Tatarenkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikita-tatarenkov)
- [Josef Nedorost](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-nedorost)
- [Vladimir Ilyin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-ilyin) as Captain Mokin
- [Daniel Olbrychski](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-olbrychski) as Kopnovsky
- [Nadezhda Mikhalkova](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadezhda-mikhalkova)
- [Elizabeth Spriggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-spriggs) as Countess Perepyolkina
- [Vladimir Zaytsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-zaytsev)
- [Aleksandr Ilyin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-ilyin)
- [Oleg Menshikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-menshikov) as Andrei Tolstoy

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Official site: http://www.the-barber-of-siberia.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-barber-of-siberia-1998
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