Doctor Zhivago poster
Director David Lean
Screenplay Robert Bolt

Doctor Zhivago

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

Release Date: 1965-12-22

Duration: 200 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Geraldine Chaplin
    Tonya Gromeko
  • Omar Sharif
    Dr. Yuri Zhivago
  • Julie Christie
    Lara Antipova
  • Rita Tushingham
    The Girl
  • Alec Guinness
    Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
  • Rod Steiger
    Viktor Komarovsky
  • Klaus Kinski
    Kostoyed Amourski
  • Adrienne Corri
    Amelia
  • Ralph Richardson
    Alexander Gromeko
  • Tom Courtenay
    Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov