

Doctor Zhivago
A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $11M
- Box office
- $111.9M
- Language
- English
- daughter
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- nurse
- world war i
- suicide attempt
- loss of loved one
- forbidden love
- stepparents
- russian revolution (1917)
- 1910s
- condescending
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Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York22 Dec 1965
- TheatricalPG-1331 Dec 1965
- TheatricalRe-release28 Sept 1999
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon (Rated A)26 Apr 1966
- Theatrical(Rated A)27 Apr 1966
- TheatricalPGRe-release27 Nov 2015
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD5 Nov 2001
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical5 May 1966
- TheatricalRe-release6 Mar 1981
CanadaCA
- PremiereCineplex Classic Film Series16 Feb 2011
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical28 Sept 1966
- TheatricalRe-release16 Oct 1969
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1210 Feb 1967
BrazilBR
- TheatricalLIMDB14 Feb 1966
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical156 Oct 1966
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-162 Dec 1966
- TheatricalK-16Re-release30 Dec 1977
FranceFR
- TheatricalU31 May 1966
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany 4 Oct 1966
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Doctor Zhivago was released on 22 December 1965.
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CinemaSerf
4/2/2023
David Lean has assembled an excellent cast and together with Maurice Jarre's memorable score and some sweeping cinematography from Freddie Young does considerable justice to the lengthy Pasternak tale of "Yuri" - a Russian physician (Omar Sharif). Alec Guinness, now a General in the Soviet army, takes on the mantle of narrator - using the expertly innocent Rita Tushingham as the conduit for the flashbacks - and gradu…
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