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Doctor Zhivago( 1965)

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Turbulent were the times and fiery was the love story of Zhivago, his wife and the passionate, tender Lara.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Omar Sharif

      Dr. Yuri Zhivago

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      Julie Christie

      Lara Antipova

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      Geraldine Chaplin

      Tonya Gromeko

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      Rod Steiger

      Viktor Komarovsky

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      Alec Guinness

      Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

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      Tom Courtenay

      Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

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      Siobhán McKenna

      Anna

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      Ralph Richardson

      Alexander Gromeko

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      Rita Tushingham

      The Girl

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      Adrienne Corri

      Amelia

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      Bernard Kay

      The Bolshevik

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      Geoffrey Keen

      Medical Professor

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      Klaus Kinski

      Kostoyed Amourski

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      Jeffrey Rockland

      Sasha

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      Gérard Tichy

      Liberius

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      Noel Willman

      Razin, Liberius' Lieutenant

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      Tarek Sharif

      Yuri at 8 Years Old

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      Jack MacGowran

      Petya

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      Mark Eden

      Engineer at dam

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      Erik Chitty

      Sergei (Old Soldier)

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      Roger Maxwell

      Beef-Faced Colonel

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      Wolf Frees

      Delegate

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      Gwen Nelson

      Female Janitor

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      Lucy Westmore

      Katya

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      Lili Muráti

      The Train Jumper

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      Peter Madden

      Political Officer

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      Luana Alcañiz

      Mrs. Sventytski (uncredited)

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      Emilio Carrer

      Mr. Sventytski (uncredited)

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      José María Caffarel

      Militiaman (uncredited)

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      Catherine Ellison

      Raped Woman (uncredited)

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      Víctor Israel

      Hospital Inmate (uncredited)

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      Inigo Jackson

      Major (uncredited)

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      Leo Lähteenmäki

      Siberian Husband (uncredited)

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      María Martín

      Gentlewoman (uncredited)

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      José Nieto

      Priest (uncredited)

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      Ricardo Palacios

      Extra (uncredited)

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      Ingrid Pitt

      Extra (uncredited)

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      Robert Rietti

      Kostoyed (voice) (uncredited)

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      Virgílio Teixeira

      Captain (uncredited)

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      María Vico

      Demented Woman (uncredited)

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      Pilar Gómez Ferrer

      (uncredited)

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      Aldo Sambrell

      (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Apr 02 2023
    David Lean has assembled an excellent cast and together with Maurice Jarre's memorable score and some sweeping cinematography from Freddie Young does considerable justice to the lengthy Pasternak tale of "Yuri" - a Russian physician (Omar Sharif). Alec Guinness, now a General in the Soviet army, takes on the mantle of narrator - using the expertly innocent Rita Tushingham as the conduit for the flashbacks - and gradually we discover that it's all a bit internecine at the start. "Yuri" falls in love with the enigmatic "Lara" (Julie Christie) who just happens to be the love interest for "Komarovs...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    11000000.00

    Revenue

    111858363.00

    Keywords

    • epic
    • daughter
    • based on novel or book
    • love triangle
    • nurse
    • world war i
    • suicide attempt
    • loss of loved one
    • forbidden love
    • stepparents
    • russian revolution (1917)
    • 1910s
    • dramatic
    • condescending
    • melodramatic