Dzhulii︠a︡ Ormond, Oleg Menʹshikov, Alekseĭ Petrenko, Richard Kharris, Nikita Mikhalkov. Originally released as motion picture in 1998. A foreign film (Russia). "Russian Cinema Council collection."--Back cover of container. Special features: Filmographies of the film-makers and the starring cast; interviews with Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Menshikov, Julia Ormond; off-scene commentary to fragments of other films by Nikita Mikhalkov and Pavel Lebeshev; "Behind the Scenes"; Photo album.
Summary:
"Richard Harris stars as a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester "the barber of Siberia" in the wilds of Siberia. Julia Ormond portrays his assistant, who falls in love with a young Russian officer, and spends the next 10 years perfecting the harvester and pursuing her love, who has been exiled to Siberia"--Internet Movie Database.
Series:
Russian Cinema Council collection. Kollekt︠s︡ii︠a︡: "Rezhisser"
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