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Doctor Zhivago

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

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.

Release Date : 1965-12-22

Language :EnglishRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-MayerMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer British StudiosCarlo Ponti Production

Production Country : ItalyUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Yuri Zhivago

Original Name : Omar Sharif

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lara Antipova

Original Name : Julie Christie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tonya Gromeko

Original Name : Geraldine Chaplin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Viktor Komarovsky

Original Name : Rod Steiger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Original Name : Alec Guinness

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

Original Name : Tom Courtenay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anna

Original Name : Siobhán McKenna

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alexander Gromeko

Original Name : Ralph Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Girl

Original Name : Rita Tushingham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amelia

Original Name : Adrienne Corri

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Bolshevik

Original Name : Bernard Kay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Medical Professor

Original Name : Geoffrey Keen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kostoyed Amourski

Original Name : Klaus Kinski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sasha

Original Name : Jeffrey Rockland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liberius

Original Name : Gérard Tichy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Razin, Liberius' Lieutenant

Original Name : Noel Willman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Yuri at 8 Years Old

Original Name : Tarek Sharif

Gender : Male

Character Name : Petya

Original Name : Jack MacGowran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Engineer at dam

Original Name : Mark Eden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergei (Old Soldier)

Original Name : Erik Chitty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beef-Faced Colonel

Original Name : Roger Maxwell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Delegate

Original Name : Wolf Frees

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Janitor

Original Name : Gwen Nelson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Katya

Original Name : Lucy Westmore

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Train Jumper

Original Name : Lili Muráti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Political Officer

Original Name : Peter Madden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Sventytski (uncredited)

Original Name : Luana Alcañiz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Sventytski (uncredited)

Original Name : Emilio Carrer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Militiaman (uncredited)

Original Name : José María Caffarel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raped Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Catherine Ellison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hospital Inmate (uncredited)

Original Name : Víctor Israel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major (uncredited)

Original Name : Inigo Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Siberian Husband (uncredited)

Original Name : Leo Lähteenmäki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gentlewoman (uncredited)

Original Name : María Martín

Gender : Female

Character Name : Priest (uncredited)

Original Name : José Nieto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Ricardo Palacios

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Ingrid Pitt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kostoyed (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Rietti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain (uncredited)

Original Name : Virgílio Teixeira

Gender : Male

Character Name : Demented Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : María Vico

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Pilar Gómez Ferrer

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Aldo Sambrell

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-04-02

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 "Komarovsky" (Rod Steiger) who would sell his own mother, he is certainly cheating on her's. Frustrated on that front, he ends up marrying his own cousin "Tonya" (Geraldine Chaplin) but with the end of the Great war looming and the October Revolution subsequently reducing the country to war-torn chaos, nothing is simple as families are split asunder trying to flee the guns and bullets. It turns out that "Lara" ended up marrying Communist big-wig "Pasha" (Tom Courtenay) but the war put paid to that relationship and when "Yuri" discovers this he wonders what might have been! This is a collection of love stories. Love for people, for their country, for a cause - and Lean manages to weave the complexities of the themes without bogging us down in doctrine or too much brutally. We know all of that is going on, but Robert Bolt's inspired screenplay drip feeds us the politics in an eminently appetising fashion whilst ensuring the human stories prevail. The vast expanses of Russia - especially as seen during their train journeys - are impressive, chilling, and allow us a respite from the constant barrage of dialogue that is usually pretty essential in enabling us to follow the plot. If you ever get the chance to sit for three hours and watch this on big screen then take it. This is cinema at it's more powerful and the sheer logistics of mass participation, mass transportation and glorious photography - without a computer to be had - is certainly worth sitting through as this epic washes over you.