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Barber Of Siberia [DVD] [1998]
enlarge	Director: Nikita Mikhalkov Actors: Julia Ormond, Richard Harris, Oleg Menshikov, Aleksei Petrenko, Marina Neyolova Studio: Pathe Distribution Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £3.34 as of 23/11/2009 06:09 GMT details You Save: £12.65 (79%) New (8) from £3.34 Seller: twentyfiveorless Rating: 13 reviews Sales Rank: 10146 Format: PAL Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 100 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5060002831984 ASIN: B000260O94 Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 2000 Release Date: September 26, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Much criticised on its first appearance as spectacle without affect, Nikita Mikhalkov's IThe Barber of Siberia/I is a fascinating, loopy mess worth seeing for its large-scale set pieces and good central performances. IThe Barber of Siberia/I was the most expensive film ever made in Russia, with its epic sweeps of landscape and scenes of disorder and drunkenness that remind us what lurked under the superficial structures of late-Tsarist life. Jane Callaghan (Julia Ormond) is an adventurer hired to smooth the way for McCracken (Richard Harris), inventor of a vast tree-felling machine. She blunders around a world of aristocratic influence and intrigue, having become so used to cunning and deceit that she has forgotten she has a heart. Andrei (Oleg Menshikov) is the military cadet whom she meets on the train going east, an aesthete and chancer whose love for her in the face of all the her good sense finally becomes tragic. Menshikov is convincing as lover, buffoon and tragic hero. --IRoz Kaveney/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 13 1 2 3 Next » Brilliant! December 21, 2001 J. Watson (UK) 8 out of 11 found this review helpful I saw the video a couple of times and every time learnt more details that had been somehow 'hidden' when watching the time before. Romance, laughter and the reality of the Royal Russia shown in all its glory! Could probably be a little bit shorter (over three hours) but the story is truely intriguing and is worth every minute!pI was thinking about watching it again - need to buy the video or DVD beforehand though :-) An excellent and breathtakingly classic. April 17, 2001 3 out of 4 found this review helpful A superb dramatic, comic, visual, costume, tragic, love epic of Russia at the turn of the century. A film that rarely flags within its near three hour length - three hours of excellent entertainment. Classic Russia in All Its Glory March 15, 2001 4 out of 6 found this review helpful Excellent portrayal of old Russia, its tradition of honour, valour and its true values. Distinctive historical perspective yet very relevant. Interesting plot and startling scenes. breathtaking May 18, 2004 2 out of 3 found this review helpful This is one of the best movies I've ever watched; it's a breathtaking, heartbraking, masterpiece.pIt got me mesmorised from the minute I started watching it; the light sense of humour, the youth and freshness of the actors, the wonderful storyline, all got me hooked! pI would say that the worst and yet the best thing about this movie is that it gets you so emotionally involved that you will find it quite painful to accept the turning out of the events! A Sense of Another Place Time December 16, 2008 Christina Croft (England) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful From the very beginning I was totally absorbed in this spectacular film, and the time seemed to go by so quickly as one brilliant scene followed another. There were moments of breathtaking splendour - the dazzling ballrooms and the colourful Russian fair - and so many exquisite details that it is a film to be watched over and over again. br /Julia Ormond and Alexey Petrenko were so convincing, and there was truly a sense of stepping into another place and time. The film also seemed to capture the unique Russian humour - I laughed aloud several times - as well the exhilatating moment when Tsar Alexander III gallops across the courtyard with his young son, Nicholas, in front of him. It really brought Imperial Russia alive again! br / br /Most Beautiful Princess br / Showing reviews 1-5 of 13 1 2 3 Next »

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