02 Nov 1995
Short Working Day
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.
The Barber of Siberia
He's Russian. That explains a lot.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Julia Ormond Jane Callahan
Олег Меньшиков André Tolstoi
Алексей Петренко General Radlov
Richard Harris Douglas McCraken
Владимир Ильин Captain Mokine
Марат Башаров Polievsky
Георгий Дронов Nazarov
Никита Татаренков Alibekov
Артём Михалков Boutourline
Daniel Olbrychski Kopnovsky
Марина Неёлова André Tolstoï's mother
Авангард Леонтьев André Tolstoi's uncle
Анна Михалкова Douniacha
Robert Hardy Forsten
Elizabeth Spriggs Perepiolkina
Isabelle Renauld Imperatritsa
Евгений Стеблов Velikiy knyaz
Виктор Вержбицкий Adyutant Velikogo knyazya
Леонид Куравлёв Vakhmistr Bukin
Александр Леньков Uchenyy
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