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Programme Information

Epic adaptation of Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning novel about a Russian doctor and poet, set over three decades in the early part of the 20th century. Made an enemy of the state by the revolution because of his writing, Zhivago seeks solace with the woman brought into his life by the First World War.

Keywords:

Drama, Romance, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated

Additional Information:

(1965) (5 Star)

Cast:

Omar Sharif	.... Dr. Yuri Zhivago
Julie Christie	.... Lara Antipova
Geraldine Chaplin	.... Tonya
Rod Steiger	.... Victor Komarovsky
Alec Guinness	.... Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Tom Courtenay	.... Pasha Antipova/Strelnikov

Supporting Cast:

Siobhan McKenna	.... Anna
Ralph Richardson	.... Alexander Gromeko
Rita Tushingham	.... Tonya Komarova
Jeffrey Rockland	.... Sasha
Tarek Sharif	.... Yuri at 8
Bernard Kay	.... Bolshevik
Klaus Kinski	.... Kostoyed Amourski
Gérard Tichy	.... Liberius
Noel Willman	.... Razin

Directors:

David Lean

Writers:

Boris Pasternak
Robert Bolt