Doctor Zhivago
A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution
DramaRomanceWardaughterbased on novel or booklove trianglenurseworld war isuicide attemptloss of loved oneforbidden lovestepparentsrussian revolution (1917)1910scondescending
An epic, visually sumptuous melodrama of forbidden love and personal tragedy set against the upheaval of revolution, where intimate human bonds are overwhelmed by historical forces.
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.
Essence
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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
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