Doctor Zhivago (1965) Russia
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Director:David Lean
Studio:Warner Home Video
Producer:Carlo Ponti, Arvid Griffen
Writer:Robert Bolt, Boris Pasternak
Rating:5
Rated:PG-13
Date Added:2012-10-10
UPC:0883929120345
Price:$14.96
Awards:Won 5 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 10 nominations
Genre:Russian Films
Release:2011-01-04
IMDb:0059113
Duration:191
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:English
Subtitles:English, Spanish
Features:Commentary by Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger and the director's wife Sandra Lean
LAC code:300010539
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
David Lean  ...  (Director)
Robert Bolt, Boris Pasternak  ...  (Writer)
 
Geraldine Chaplin  ...  Tonya
Julie Christie  ...  Lara
Tom Courtenay  ...  Pasha
Alec Guinness  ...  Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Siobhan McKenna  ...  Anna
Omar Sharif  ...  Dr. Yuri Zhivago
Rod Steiger  ...  Komarovsky
Freddie Young  ...  Cinematographer
Nicolas Roeg  ...  Cinematographer
Norman Savage  ...  Editor
Ralph Richardson  ...  Alexander
Rita Tushingham  ...  The Girl
Jeffrey Rockland  ...  Sasha
Tarek Sharif  ...  Yuri at 8 years old
Geoffrey Keen  ...  Medical Professor
Bernard Kay  ...  The Bolshevik
Adrienne Corri  ...  Amelia
Klaus Kinski  ...  Kostoyed
Gérard Tichy  ...  Liberius
Jack MacGowran  ...  Petya
Noel Willman  ...  Razin
Mark Eden  ...  Engineer at Dam
Erik Chitty  ...  Old Soldier
Maurice Jarre  ...  Composer
Roger Maxwell  ...  Beef-Faced Colonel
John Box  ...  Production Designer
Wolf Frees  ...  Delegate
Gwen Nelson  ...  Female Janitor
Lucy Westmore  ...  Katya
Lili Muráti  ...  The Train Jumper (as Lili Murati)
Peter Madden  ...  Political Officer
Summary: 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: General 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.