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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

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Doctor Zhivago

"A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution"

1965

3h 20m

7.5(1317 votes)

Drama

Romance

War

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.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Dr. Yuri Zhivago

Julie Christie

Julie Christie

Lara Antipova

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Tonya Gromeko

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

Viktor Komarovsky

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

Siobhán McKenna

Siobhán McKenna

Anna

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

Alexander Gromeko

Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

The Girl

Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri

Amelia

Creative team

Directed by: David Lean
Written by: Robert Bolt
Produced by: Carlo Ponti

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