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Doctor Zhivago

David Lean

1965 • 3h 20m

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.

Doctor Zhivago

2015 BFI Release Trailer

Cast

Omar Sharif

Omar SharifDr. Yuri Zhivago

Julie Christie

Julie ChristieLara Antipova

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine ChaplinTonya Gromeko

Rod Steiger

Rod SteigerViktor Komarovsky

Alec Guinness

Alec GuinnessGen. Yevgraf Zhivago

Tom Courtenay

Tom CourtenayPasha Antipov / Strelnikov

Siobhán McKenna

Siobhán McKennaAnna

Ralph Richardson

Ralph RichardsonAlexander Gromeko

Rita Tushingham

Rita TushinghamThe Girl

Adrienne Corri

Adrienne CorriAmelia

Bernard Kay

Bernard KayThe Bolshevik

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey KeenMedical Professor

Klaus Kinski

Klaus KinskiKostoyed Amourski

Jeffrey RocklandSasha

Gérard Tichy

Gérard TichyLiberius

Crew

David Lean

David LeanDirector

Boris Pasternak

Boris PasternakNovel

Robert Bolt

Robert BoltScreenplay

Carlo Ponti

Carlo PontiProducer

Maurice Jarre

Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer

Freddie Young

Freddie YoungDirector of Photography

Irene Howard

Irene HowardCasting

Alex Thomson

Alex ThomsonCamera Operator

Hugh Miller

Hugh MillerDialogue Coach

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