The Barber of Siberia (1998)

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, History

What to watch after The Barber of Siberia

• Burnt by the Sun (1994) — Nikita Mikhalkov directed both
• 12 (2007) — Nikita Mikhalkov directed both
• Legend No. 17 (2013) — Same feel: dramatic, emotional
• East/West (1999) — Rustam Ibragimbekov wrote for both
• White Sun of the Desert (1969) — Rustam Ibragimbekov wrote for both
• Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)