Doctor Zhivago (/ʒɪˈvɑːɡoʊ/) 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 lover Lara Antipova. Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Courtenay, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson, Siobhán McKenna, and Rita Tushingham play supporting roles.
NKVD Lieutenant General Yevgraf Zhivago searches for the daughter of his half-brother Dr. Yuri Zhivago and Larissa (Lara) Antipova. Yevgraf believes a young dam worker, Tanya Komarova, may be his niece and explains to her why.
After his mother's burial, the orphaned child Yuri, owning only an inherited balalaika, was taken by family friends Alexander and Anna Gromeko to Moscow. In 1913, Zhivago, now a doctor and poet, becomes engaged to the Gromekos' daughter Tonya after her schooling in Paris.
Meanwhile, 17-year-old Lara is seduced by her mother's much older friend/lover, the well-connected Victor Komarovsky. Lara's friend, the idealistic Pasha Antipov, who wishes to marry her, is wounded by mounted police at a peaceful demonstration. Lara treats Pasha's wound, and hides a gun he picked up.
Original titel: Doctor Zhivago
Dansk titel: Doktor Zhivago
Instruktør: David Lean
Medvirkende:
Dr. Yuri Zhivago Omar Sharif
Lara Antipova Julie Christie
Tonya Gromeko Geraldine Chaplin
Komarovsky Rod Steiger
Yevgraf Zhivago Alec Guinness
Pasha Tom Courtenay
Anna Siobhan McKenna
Alex Gromeko Ralph Richardson
The Girl Rita Tushingham
Sasha Jeffrey Rockland
Spoken languages: English,German,Spanish,Italian,French,Portugese
Subtitles: Danish,Swedish,Norwegian,Finnish,Dutch,French,Spanish,Portuguese
