Dr. Yuri Zhivago
Search results
Doctor Zhivago (/ ʒ ɪ ˈ v ɑː ɡ oʊ /) 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.
99+ Photos. Romantic Epic Tragedy Drama Romance War. 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. Director. David Lean.
- (83K)
- Drama, Romance, War
- David Lean
- 1965-12-31
Although it contains passages written in the 1910s and 1920s, Doctor Zhivago was not completed until 1955. The novel was submitted to the literary journal Novy Mir ("Новый Мир") in 1956. However, the editors rejected Pasternak's novel because of its implicit rejection of socialist realism. [15]
Doctor Zhivago, American dramatic film, released in 1965, that was a sprawling adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s acclaimed novel. Although the movie earned mixed reviews, it became one of the top box-office attractions of all time. World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917 form the backdrop for.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Nov 24, 2015 · Doctor Zhivago. One of the classic screen romances, as Omar Sharif and Julie Christie meet, love and lose each other during the Russian revolution. Tuesday 24 November 2015. Written by Cath...
- David Lean
- Cath Clarke
- November 27, 2015
Doctor Zhivago (1965) Boris Pasternak’s story of love in the Russian Revolution confirmed David Lean’s standing as the master of the sweeping historical epic.
People also ask
When was Doctor Zhivago made?
Is Doctor Zhivago based on a true story?
Who starred in Doctor Zhivago?
Who wrote Doctor Zhivago?
Was Doctor Zhivago published in the USSR?
Is Dr Zhivago a good movie?
Set just before and in the years following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the movie follows the life of Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) as he marries, raises a family, has his life totally disrupted by World War I, and then by the Revolution.
