A Russian epic, the movie traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him, yet in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse, Zhivago is torn between fidelity and passion. Sympathetic with the revolution but shaken by the wars and purges, he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism. Written by {dapao@hotvoice.com}

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Omar Sharif
Julie Christie
Geraldine Chaplin
Rod Steiger
Alec Guinness

David Lean

Boris Pasternak
Robert Bolt

December 22, 1965