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.
DramaRomanceWardaughterbased on novel or booklove trianglenurseworld war isuicide attemptloss of loved oneforbidden lovestepparentsrussian revolution (1917)1910scondescending
- Suicide or self-harm
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Character
Earnest, grave, epic and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Omar SharifDr. Yuri Zhivago
- Julie ChristieLara Antipova
- Geraldine ChaplinTonya Gromeko
- Rod SteigerViktor Komarovsky
- Alec GuinnessGen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Tom CourtenayPasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- Siobhán McKennaAnna
- Ralph RichardsonAlexander Gromeko
- Rita TushinghamThe Girl
- Adrienne CorriAmelia
Crew
- David LeanDirector
- Robert BoltScreenplay
- Boris PasternakNovel
- Freddie YoungDirector of Photography
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
- Norman SavageEditor
- Carlo PontiProducer
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