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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution

19657.53h 20m

Overview

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

Directed by David Lean
Written by Robert Bolt, Boris Pasternak
Produced by Carlo Ponti
Box OfficeBudget: $11.0MRevenue: $111.9M

Top Cast

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Dr. Yuri Zhivago

Julie Christie

Julie Christie

Lara Antipova

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Tonya Gromeko

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

Viktor Komarovsky

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

Siobhán McKenna

Siobhán McKenna

Anna

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

Alexander Gromeko

Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

The Girl

Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri

Amelia

Themes & Keywords

daughterbased on novel or booklove trianglenurseworld war isuicide attemptloss of loved oneforbidden lovestepparentsrussian revolution (1917)1910sdramaticcondescendingmelodramatictriangulo amorosometrocolorsuicídioprimeira guerra mundialrevolução russa

About Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago is a drama, romance, war film released in 1965 exploring themes of daughter, based on novel or book, love triangle, nurse, world war i, suicide attempt. Directed by David Lean, it stars Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin. The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

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