Drama ·Romance ·War · Italy · 1965 · 3h 20m

Doctor Zhivago

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Director
David Lean
Cast
Omar Sharif as Dr. Yuri Zhivago Julie Christie as Lara Antipova Geraldine Chaplin as Tonya Gromeko Rod Steiger as Viktor Komarovsky Alec Guinness as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago Tom Courtenay as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
Crew
Freddie Young — Director of Photography Norman Savage — Editor Maurice Jarre — Original Music Composer Robert Bolt — Screenplay Boris Pasternak — Novel Carlo Ponti — Producer
Tagline

A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
daughterbased on novel or booklove trianglenurseworld war isuicide attemptloss of loved oneforbidden lovestepparentsrussian revolution (1917)1910sdramatic
Key Collaborators
David Lean Director Freddie Young Director of Photography Norman Savage Editor Maurice Jarre Original Music Composer Robert Bolt Screenplay Boris Pasternak Novel Carlo Ponti Producer John Box Production Design Phyllis Dalton Costume Design
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