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Doctor Zhivago

(1965)

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| Film | USA | Colour | Drama, Romance, War | 3h 13min |
A
| Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin | Director: David Lean
Tomorrow at 8pm on BBC Four HD

A Moscow doctor is caught up in World War I, exiled for writing poetry, forced into partisan service and separated from his only love

Cast (25)

Omar Sharif
Yuri
Julie Christie
Lara
Geraldine Chaplin
Tonya
Rod Steiger
Komarovsky
Promotional shot of distinguished British actor, Alec Guinness
Yevgraf
Tom Courtenay
Pasha
Siobhan McKenna
Anna
British stage and screen actor, Ralph Richardson
Alexander
Rita Tushingham
The Girl
Jeffrey Rockland
Sasha
Tarek Sharif
Yuri at 8 Years Old
Bernard Kay
The Bolshevik
Klaus Kinski
Kostoyed
Gérard Tichy
Liberius
Noel Willman
Razin
Geoffrey Keen
Medical Professor
Adrienne Corri
Amelia
Jack MacGowran
Petya
Mark Eden
Engineer at Dam
Erik Chitty
Old Soldier
Roger Maxwell
Beef-Faced Colonel
Wolf Frees
Delegate
Gwen Nelson
Female Janitor
Lucy Westmore
Katya
Lili Muráti
The Train Jumper
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Reviews

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Beautifully photographed and meticulously directed, this complex epic has been so reduced from the original novel that many parts of the script simply do not make any kind of sense. What remains is a collection of expensive set-pieces, great for looking if not listening. (Halliwell’s)

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Production

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David Lean
Director
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Boris Pasternak
Writer (novel)
Robert Bolt
Writer (screenplay)

Companies

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Carlo Ponti Production
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Production company
Sostar S.A.
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Distribution company