Doctor Zhivago ( David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago )

Doctor Zhivago (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
200 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
UV Copy

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
David Lean

Written By:
Boris Pasternak
Robert Bolt

Actors:
Omar Sharif ..... Yuri
Julie Christie ..... Lara
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Tonya
Rod Steiger ..... Komarovsky
Alec Guinness ..... Yevgraf
Tom Courtenay ..... Pasha
Siobhan McKenna ..... Anna
Ralph Richardson ..... Alexander
Rita Tushingham ..... The Girl
Jeffrey Rockland ..... Sasha
Tarek Sharif ..... Yuri at 8 years old
Bernard Kay ..... The Bolshevik
Klaus Kinski ..... Kostoyed
Gérard Tichy ..... Liberius (as Gerard Tichy)
Noel Willman ..... Razin
Geoffrey Keen ..... Medical Professor
Adrienne Corri ..... Amelia
Jack MacGowran ..... Petya
Mark Eden ..... Engineer at Dam
Erik Chitty ..... Old Soldier
Roger Maxwell ..... Beef-Faced Colonel
Wolf Frees ..... Delegate
Gwen Nelson ..... Female Janitor
Lucy Westmore ..... Katya
Lili Muráti ..... The Train Jumper (as Lili Murati)
Peter Madden ..... Political Officer
Luana Alcañiz ..... Mrs. Sventytski (uncredited)
Assad Bahador ..... Colonel of Dragoons (uncredited)
José María Caffarel ..... Militiaman (uncredited)
Emilio Carrer ..... Mr. Sventytski (uncredited)
Catherine Ellison ..... Raped Woman (uncredited)
Pilar Gómez Ferrer ..... (uncredited)
Víctor Israel ..... (uncredited)
Inigo Jackson ..... Major (uncredited)
Gerhard Jersch ..... David (uncredited)
Jari Jolkkonen ..... Siberian Boy (uncredited)
Leo Lähteenmäki ..... Siberian Husband (uncredited)
María Martín ..... Gentlewoman (uncredited)
José Nieto ..... Priest (uncredited)
Ricardo Palacios ..... Extra (uncredited)
Ingrid Pitt ..... Extra (uncredited)
Robert Rietty ..... Kostoyed (voice) (uncredited)
Mercedes Ruiz ..... Tonya at 7 (uncredited)
Aldo Sambrell ..... (uncredited)
Virgilio Teixeira ..... Captain (uncredited)
Brigitte Trace ..... Streetwalker (uncredited)
María Vico ..... Demented Woman (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Omar Sharif stars in the title role of Doctor Zhivago, portraying the surgeon-poet over a half-century period. Zhivago, who is married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), an aristocratic girl with whom he raises a family, is also in love with Lara (Julie Christie), a nurse whose life has been destroyed by tragedy. Repeatedly brought together and separated from each woman by war and revolution, Zhivago is torn apart by conflict. He loves Tonya deeply but his poetic soul belongs to Lara. Much like his beloved country, Zhivago's spirit becomes battered by the devastation of war as he struggles to maintain his individualism in the face of overwhelming odds.

David Lean's Doctor Zhivago is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago's half brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago. This epic, sweeping romance, told in flashback, captures the lushness of Moscow before the war and the violent social upheaval that followed. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak.

Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago's half brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago.

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