Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Adrienne Corri, Geoffrey Keen, Klaus Kinski, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger, Rita Tushingham, Noel Willman, Ralph Richardson

Director: David Lean

Summary: A story of love and romance told against the flaming background of the Russian Revolution. Zhivago is a poet, surgeon, husband and lover struggling for survival. Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak.

David Lean's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr. Zhivago's relationships reflect the political turmoil raging about him. Though he is married, the vagaries of war lead him to begin a love affair with the beautiful Lara (Julie Christie). But he cannot escape the machinations of a band of selfish and cruel characters: Strelnikov (Tom Courtenay), a Bolshevik General; Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), Lara's former lover; and Yevgraf (Alec Guinness), Zhivago's sinister half-brother. This epic, sweeping romance--told in flashback--captures the lushness of Moscow before the war and the violent social upheaval that followed. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak.

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Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1965
Release Date:	March 23, 2009
Runtime:	200 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 065081
Keywords:	General, Doctor, Zhivago, Romantic, Drama
Genre:	Drama