Rotten
David Lean's 1965 adaptation of Pasternak's romance of the Russian Revolution is intelligent and handsomely mounted, though it doesn't use its length to build to a particularly complex emotional effect.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Doctor Zhivago
A Love Caught in the Fire of Revolution
1965 · 3h 13m · Approved
Drama, Romance, War
Directed by
David Lean
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- David Lean Director
- Omar Sharif as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
- Julie Christie as Lara Antipova
- Geraldine Chaplin as Tonya Gromeko
- Rod Steiger as Viktor Komarovsky
- Alec Guinness as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- Tom Courtenay as Pasha
- Siobhán McKenna as Anna
- Ralph Richardson as Alexander Gromeko
- Rita Tushingham as The Girl
- Adrienne Corri Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the most meticulously designed and executed films.
A.D. Murphy, Variety
Rotten
Mr. Bolt has reduced the vast upheaval of the Russian Revolution to the banalities of a doomed romance.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Although its portentous historical drama evaporates once you return to the fresh air, watching it can be seductive.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Literate, oldfashioned, soul-filling and thoroughly romantic.
TIME Magazine
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