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Doctor Zhivago

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Doctor Zhivago

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David Lean's epic romantic drama, starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. Doctor and poet Yuri Zhivago is brought up in the family of Alexander Gromeko, whose daughter Tonya he marries. But his true love is the beautiful Lara, the mistress of a political opportunist. With the outbreak of the Great War, and with Moscow transformed by the Revolution, their romance is disrupted by the social upheaval surrounding them.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Nominated for ten Oscars (and winning a more than respectable five), this adaptation of Boris Pasternak's classic novel has all the sweep and stateliness that characterised David Lean's mastery of the epic. At its centre is the star-crossed romance between married physician and poet Omar Sharif and dressmaker's daughter Julie Christie, whose passionate encounters are played out against the backdrop of the Great War and the Russian Revolution. The scene is set superbly, thanks largely to John Box's brilliant designs for both the plush and the poverty-ridden quarters of Moscow, and to Freddie Young's atmospheric cinematography. Moreover, the ever-meticulous Lean retains the intimacy of the love story within the sweep of momentous historical events. Sharif excels in the lead, while Christie and Tom Courtenay (as her husband) bring a humanity to the tragedy that contrasts strikingly with the pitiless opportunism of Rod Steiger's villain.

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Cast

rolenameYuri ZhivagoOmar SharifLaraJulie ChristieTonya GromekoGeraldine ChaplinKomarovskyRod SteigerYevgraf ZhivagoAlec GuinnessPasha Antipov / StrelnikovTom CourtenayAlexanderRalph RichardsonAnna GromekoSiobhan McKennaGirlRita TushinghamSashaJeffrey RocklandBolshevikBernard KayKostoyedKlaus KinskiRazinNoel WillmanProfessor KurtGeoffrey KeenAmeliaAdrienne CorriKatyaLucy WestmoreLiberiusGerard TichyYuri, aged eightTarek Sharif

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rolenameDirectorDavid Lean

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Theatrical distributor

BFI

Released on

2015-11-27

Languages

English | Russian | French

Guidance

Some swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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