The read
Scores higher than 70% of the 792 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 20m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Metacritic69/100
1,318 audience votes
Key crew
- David LeanDirector
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
- Robert BoltScreenplay
Cast
- Omar SharifDr. Yuri Zhivago
- Julie ChristieLara Antipova
- Geraldine ChaplinTonya Gromeko
- Rod SteigerViktor Komarovsky
- Alec GuinnessGen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Tom CourtenayPasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- Siobhán McKennaAnna
- Ralph RichardsonAlexander Gromeko
- Rita TushinghamThe Girl
- Adrienne CorriAmelia
- Bernard KayThe Bolshevik
- Geoffrey KeenMedical Professor
Stills
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Themes
daughterbased on novel or booklove trianglenurseworld war isuicide attemptloss of loved oneforbidden lovestepparentsrussian revolution (1917)1910scondescending
The Best Movies of 1965
Doctor Zhivago is #17 of 60
