DVD 200 mins IMDB
PG-13 (Parental Guidance)
Doctor Zhivago
Creative Design (1965)
In Collection
#363

Seen It:
Yes
Drama, War, Romance
USA  /  English

Omar Sharif Yuri Zhivago
Julie Christie Lara
Geraldine Chaplin Tonya
Rod Steiger Komarovsky
Alec Guinness Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
Tom Courtenay Pasha/Strelnikov
Siobhan McKenna Anna
Ralph Richardson Alexander Gromeko
Rita Tushingham The Girl
Jeffrey Rockland Sasha
Tarek Sharif Yuri (8)
Bernard Kay Bolshevik
Klaus Kinski Kostoyed
Gérard Tichy Liberius
Noel Willman Razin

Director David Lean
Producer Carlo Ponti; Arvid Griffen
Writer Robert Bolt; Boris Pasternak
Cinematography Nicolas Roeg; Freddie Young
Musician Maurice Jarre

A girl is contacted by a man, Yevgraf Zhivago (Alec Guinness), who believes her to be his brother's child. Hoping to spark her memory, he tells her the story of his brother's life. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Shariff), orphaned at a young age, grew up with the Gromeko family. He married their daughter Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). Yuri became both a poet and a well-to-do doctor. At the same time a girl named Lara (Julie Christie) grew up living with her mother. She got involved with two dangerous men. During WWI, Zhivago and Lara ran a hospital for wounded soldiers. After the war they went their separate ways only to meet again and have an affair until Yuri broke it off. Going to tell Larab he was arrested and conscripted into the army where he served for 2 years. After his army service Yuri was unable to find his family. Instead he found Lara. The two lived in an abandoned estate and Yuri wrote his famous Lara poems. When Yuri learned that Lara was in danger because of her radical husband, he sent her away. She became separated from their daughter and asked Yuri's brother, Yefgraf, to help find her.

Edition Details
Distributor Warner Bros.
Edition Special Edition
Barcode 012569557123
Region Region 1
Release Date 11/6/2001
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
Layers Dual Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 1: Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger and Sandra Lean Introduction by Omar Sharif 30th-Anniversary Documentary Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic 10 Vintage Documentaries Music-Only Audio Track Vintage Audio Track Interviews and December 1965 New York Premiere Coverage Interactive Menus Cast/ Director Career Highlights Theatrical Trailer Scene Access