David Lean's adaptation of Boris Pasternak's sweeping novel stars Omar Sharif as the married Dr. Zhivago, whose feelings for Lara, played by Julie Christie, inspire him to write beautiful love poems that contrast the stark realities of life in Russia after the 1917 Communist Revolution. Also stars Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, et al.

Actors:

Alec Guinness,Geraldine Chaplin,Julie Christie,Omar Sharif,Rod Steiger,Tom Courtenay

Description:

Boris Pasternak's epic love story about a poet and a nurse during the Russian Revolution and World War I. Nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture! Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago's half brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago.