Docteur Jivago

David Lean

Overview

Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak, this film covers the years prior to, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of poet/physician Yuri Zhivago. Zhivago is married to Tonya but has an affair with Lara, who has been raped by ruthless politician Komarovsky.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2011
UPC:	0625828582301
Original Release:	0000
Source:	Imports
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Omar Sharif	Yuri,Yuri (age 8)
Julie Christie	Lara
Rod Steiger	Komarovsky
Geraldine Chaplin	Tonya
Tom Courtenay	Pasha
Alec Guinness	Gen. Yevgraf Jivago
Siobhan McKenna	Anna
Ralph Richardson	Alexander Gromeko
Emilio Carrer	Mr. Sventytski
Wolf Frees	Comrade Yelkin
Inigo Jackson	Major
Bernard Kay	Bolshevik
Geoffrey Keen	Prof. Kurt
Klaus Kinski	Kostoyed
Jack MacGowran	Petya
Gwen Nelson	Comrade Kaprugina
Adrienne Corri	Amelia
Jeffrey Rockland	Sasha
Lucy Westmore	Katya
Noel Willman	Razin
Rita Tushingham	The Girl
Maria Martin	Gentlewoman
Mercedes Ruiz	Tonya (age 7)
Virgilio Texeira	Captain
Erik Chitty	Old Soldier
Jose Nieto	Priest
Mark Eden	Young Engineer
Gerhard Jersch	David
Brigitte Trace	Streetwalker
Catherine Ellison	Raped Woman,Raped Woman
Maria Vico	Demented Woman
Dodo Assad Bahador	Dragoon Colonel
Peter Madden	Political Officer
Roger Maxwell	Beef-Faced Colonel
Gérard Tichy	Liberius
Lili Muráti	une passagère du train
Luana Alcañiz	madame Sventytski
José María Caffarel	Militiaman
Leo Lähteenmäki	Siberian Husband
Maurice Jarre	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Bolt

Boris Pasternak

David Lean	Director
Robert Bolt	Screenwriter
Carlo Ponti	Producer
Arvid L. Griffen	Executive Producer
Eddie Fowlie	Special Effects
Boris Pasternak	Screenwriter
Winston Ryder	Sound Effects
William Steinkamp	Sound Effects
Winston Ryder	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Russia in winter has never looked more alluring. Neither have Omar Sharif or Julie Christie. As a love story played out against the background of a sweeping march of historical events, Doctor Zhivago is comparable to Gone With the Wind. Adapted from a complex novel by Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago follows the tribulations of a Moscow doctor (Sharif) exiled by the Bolsheviks for writing poetry and separated from his true love (Christie). Director David Lean does for snow what he did for sand in his previous epic, Lawrence of Arabia. One of the most popular love stories ever filmed, Doctor Zhivago was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 5, though it lost Best Picture to The Sound of Music. Overly long at three-hours-plus, it's chock full of terrific images and gorgeous landscapes, to which the story at times becomes secondary. It's remembered by many viewers for the haunting love song, "Lara's Theme."