Doctor Zhivago 1965

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 197 min

genre: historical

theme: epic

director: David Lean

Score: 7 / 10

Doctor Zhivago is a 1965 epic historical romance film directed by David Lean with a screenplay by Robert Bolt, based on the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternak. The story is set in Russia during World War I and the Russian Civil War. The film stars Omar Sharif in the title role as Yuri Zhivago, a married physician and poet whose life is altered by the Russian Revolution and subsequent civil war, and Julie Christie as his love interest Lara Antipova. Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Courtenay, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson, Siobhán McKenna, and Rita Tushingham play supporting roles.

Plot

Against a backdrop of World War I, the 1917 Russian Revolution and ensuing civil war, the film uses a narrative framing device set later, involving NKVD Lieutenant General Yevgraf Zhivago's search for the daughter of his half-brother Dr Yuri Zhivago and Larissa ("Lara") Antipova. Yevgraf believes a young worker, Tanya Komarova, may be his niece and explains why.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Robert Bolt
award	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Silver nugget for the best foreign film
contentLocation	Russian Empire Soviet Union
director	David Lean
editor	Norman Savage
events	war
genre	drama historical political romance
keywords	abduct balalaika belong bolshevik capture cheka civil war condemn dragoon engage exile family friend far east far eastern republic field hospital fight force framing device gulag heart attack hide id inherit labour camp lieutenant general married moscow nkvd orphan paris run russian civil war russian revolution search vladimir lenin white white movement widow world war i wound
musicBy	Maurice Jarre
nomination	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Carlo Ponti
productionCompany	Carlo Ponti Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
publisher	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
recordedAt	Barajas Finland Guadix Heinävaara Helsinki Joensuu Madrid Punkaharju Spain
theme	epic romantic drama transport war