Doctor Zhivago

“A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution”

7.5(1,251)19653h 20m

DramaRomanceWar

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.

Director

David Lean

Budget

$11.0M

Revenue

$111.9M

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Cast

Omar Sharif

Dr. Yuri Zhivago

Julie Christie

Lara Antipova

Geraldine Chaplin

Tonya Gromeko

Rod Steiger

Viktor Komarovsky

Alec Guinness

Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Tom Courtenay

Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

Siobhán McKenna

Anna

Ralph Richardson

Alexander Gromeko

Rita Tushingham

The Girl

Adrienne Corri

Amelia

Bernard Kay

The Bolshevik

Geoffrey Keen

Medical Professor

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

7.0

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 fl...