| Release Date: | Oct 1998 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Drama / Romance |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| Runtime: | 275 min |
| Cast: | Julia Ormond (Jane Callahan), Richard Harris (Douglas McCraken), Oleg Menshikov (André Tolstoi) Aleksei Petrenko (General Radlov (as Alexey Petrenko)) Marina Neyolova (The mother of Andrei Tolstoi (as...) Vladimir Ilyin (Captain Mokin) Daniel Olbrychski (Kopnovsky) Anna Mikhalkova (Douniacha) Marat Basharov (Polievsky) Nikita Tatarenkov (Alibekov) Artyom Mikhalkov (Buturlin) Georgiy Dronov (Cadet Nazarov (as Georgy Dronov)) Avangard Leontyev (Andrei's Uncle (as Avangard...) Robert Hardy (Forsten) Elizabeth Spriggs (Perepyolkina) Nikita Mikhalkov (Czar Alexander III) Isabelle Renauld (Czarina) Yevgeni Steblov (Grand Duke (as Evgeny Steblov)) Inna Nabatova (Grand Duke's wife) Filipp Dyachkov (Grand Duke Mikhall, Tzar's son...) Vladimir Zaytsev (Radlov's aide (as Vladimir Zaitsev)) Viktor Verzhbitskiy (Grand Duke's aide (as Victor...) Leonid Kuravlyov (Sergeant Bukin (as Leonid Kuravlev)) Aleksandr Lenkov (The scientist (as Alexander Lenkov)) Aleksandr Ilin (The merchant (as Alexander Ilyin)) Yevgeni Dvorzhetsky (Terrorist (as Evgeny Dvorzhetsky)) Hanna Stredova (Servant at McCracken's) Vladimir Tushko (The steward) Aleksandr Mokhov (Officer at prison (as Alexander Mokhov)) Pierre Aussedat (Geller, dance teacher) Vladimir Goryushin (Kouzma, carriage driver (as Vladimir...) Said Nouroux (Abyssinian prince) Yevgeni Buslayev (The governor of Irkutsk (as Evgeny...) Olga Anokhina (The governor's wife) Aleksandr Yakovlev (Maximich (as Alexander Yakovlev)) Tatyana Kuznetsova (Girl's tutor (as Tatiana...) Mariya Maksakova (Girl student (as Maria Maksakova)) Polushke Zdunek (The typesetter) Anatoli Dokumentov (The conductor (as Anatoly Documentov)) Josef Nedorost (The violinist (as Joseph Nedorost)) Václav Legner (The inspecter (as Vatslav Legner)) Yegor Blokhin (Vanyatka (as Egor Blokhin)) Andrei Nikitin (Proshka (as Andrey Nikitin)) Andrei Savostyanov (Baron Von Bakmen (as Andrey Savostyanov)) Mambo Syril (Servant of Abyssinian prince) Mudio Nartsiss (Servant of Abyssinian prince) Andrei Baroli (Cadet (as Andrey Barilo)) Kirill Grebenshchikov (Cadet (as Kirill Grebenshikov)) Vladimir Zurabyan (Cadet (as Vladimir Zurabian)) Aleksei Kabeshev (Cadet (as Alexey Kabeshev)) Aleksandr Karpenko (Cadet (as Alexander Karpenko)) Aleksei Kurutov (Cadet (as Alexey Kurutov)) Ivan Lakshin (Cadet) Dmitri Makarov (Cadet (as Dimitry Makarov)) Sergei Pinchuk (Cadet (as Sergey Pinchuk)) Sergei Steblov (Cadet (as Sergey Steblov)) Sergei Fedotov (Cadet (as Sergey Fedotov)) Filipp Feoktistov (Cadet (as Philipp Feoktistov)) Dmitri Chuprakov (Cadet (as Dimitry Chuprakov)) Kirill Shanshiev (Cadet) Mikhail Shevchuk (Cadet) Aleksey Shutov (Cadet (as Alexey Shutov)) Mac McDonald (Sergeant 'Mad Dog'...) Andrew O'Donnels (The West Point colonel) Daniel Evans (Andrew McCracken, in mask) John Higgins (Cadet at West Point) Jason Done (Cadet at West Point (as Jeason Don)) Richard Dempsey (The stutterer (as Richard Dompsey)) Sergei Lozovoy (The bell-house monk (as Sergey Lozokov)) Aleksandr Sannikov (Lilliputian 'Napoleon' (as...) Anatoli Zhukov (The fakir (as Anatoly Zhukov)) Aleksandr Dubina (The engineer (as Alexander Dubina)) Natella Abuladze (Wife of Abyssinian prince) Yelena Tveleva (Tightrope walker with sword (as Elena...) Valeri Chitavin (Tightrope walker (as Valery Chitavin)) Vladimir Abashin () Andrei Barilo (Yunker) Alexander Dedushko () Sérgio Grilo () Evgeny Kholodnikov () Igor Klimov () Vyacheslav Maksakov () Aleander Muzikantsky () Elena Obolenskaya () Roman Radov () Anatoly Saprykin () Victor Satonin () Vasily Sazhin () Zinaida Sidorkova () Evgeny Tsimbal () Leonardo Correia (Boy (uncredited)) Aleksandr Dedyushko ((uncredited)) Nadezhda Mikhalkova ((uncredited)) |
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, who falls in love with a young Russian officer, André, and spends the next 10 years perfecting the harvester and pursuing her love, who has been exiled to Siberia.
