Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

1965 | 3h 25m | Romantic Drama, Romance | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

From director David Lean, this epic winner of five Oscars follows Yuri Zhivago, a doctor and poet torn between his wife and a forbidden love at the turning point from Imperial Russia to the Soviet Union.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

David Lean

CAST

Geraldine Chaplin

Julie Christie

Tom Courtenay

Alec Guinness

Siobhan McKenna

Ralph Richardson

Omar Sharif

Rod Steiger

Rita Tushingham

PRODUCERS

Carlo Ponti

WRITERS

Robert Bolt

Boris Pasternak

Host Intros

02:46
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Feb 2020
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
02:27
Alicia Malone Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Feb 2019
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
02:24
Alicia Malone Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Dec 2018
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
01:45
Dave Karger Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Feb 2018
Guest host Dave Karger introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
01:57
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Oct 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
01:48
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Jul 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
01:52
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Feb 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
01:44
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Intro Aired: Dec 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Doctor Zhivago, 1965.

Related Videos

Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- (Movie Clip) She May Be My Brother's Child
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Opening scene introducing screenwriter Robert Bolt's plot device, Alec Guinness playing a Russian general as the half-brother of the hero, in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago, 1965, from the Boris Pasternak novel.
Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- (Movie Clip) An Extraordinary Girl
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Quick appearances by many principals, as Lara (Julie Christie) surprises Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin), Yuri (Omar Sharif) and especially Komarovsky (Rod Steiger) at a Moscow party, in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
04:00
Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Will There Be Wolves In The Forest?
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Yuri, Tonya and Sasha (Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeffrey Rockland), with uncle Gromeko (Ralph Richardson) fleeing to the family estate in the Urals, hear tales of a heroic revolutionary warlord, who is revealed to be the long missing Pasha (Tom Courtenay), in David Leans Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
03:54
Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Take Him Inside
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Moscow, 1905, with Lara (Julie Christie) and Komarovsky (Rod Steiger) traversing the city, Yuri (Omar Sharif, title character) observes as strikers led by Pasha (Tom Courtenay) are attacked by imperial dragoons, uncle Gromeko (Ralph Richardson) to his rescue, in David Leans Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Do People Improve With Age?
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Lara (Julie Christie) has arranged for her powerful older lover Komarovsky (Rod Steiger) to meet and approve her idealistic boyfriend Pasha (Tom Courtenay), in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
Doctor Zhivago (1965) -- (Movie Clip) When Your Mother Lost You
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Director David Lean's remarkable transition, from the opening in contemporary Russia, the meeting of Alec Guinness (as General Zhivago) and Rita Tushingham ("The Girl") to the dramatic funeral of her father's mother, in Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
Doctor Zhivago, David Lean's - (Original Movie Promo)
Promo
A behind-the-scenes short describes the making of David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965) and the background of the book.
03:40
Doctor Zhivago - (Academy Award Trailer)
Trailer
Illicit lovers fight to stay together during the turbulent years of the Russian Revolution in David Lean's epic adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago (1965).

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