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Doctor Zhivago

  • TV Series
  • 2002
  • TV-14
  • 3h 46m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
5.3K
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POPULARITY
4,884
1,682
Doctor Zhivago (2002)
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Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is about to get ma... Read allYoung and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is about to get married to another when he first lays eyes on Lara. Their love story is unfolding against th... Read allYoung and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is about to get married to another when he first lays eyes on Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to La... Read all

  • Stars
    • Keira Knightley
    • Sam Neill
    • Hans Matheson
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    5.3K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,884
    1,682
    • Stars
      • Keira Knightley
      • Sam Neill
      • Hans Matheson
    • 69User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 3 BAFTA Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Keira Knightley
    Keira Knightley
    • Lara Antipova
    Sam Neill
    Sam Neill
    • Victor Komarovsky
    Hans Matheson
    Hans Matheson
    • Yury Zhivago
    Alexandra Maria Lara
    Alexandra Maria Lara
    • Tonya Gromyko Zhivago
    Sam MacLintock
    Sam MacLintock
    • Little Yury
    Daniella Byrne
    • Little Tonya
    Nick Stewart
    • Orthodox Priest
    Jeremy Clyde
    Jeremy Clyde
    • Professor
    Daniele Liotti
    Daniele Liotti
    • Misha Gordon
    Anne-Marie Duff
    Anne-Marie Duff
    • Olya Demina
    Maryam d'Abo
    Maryam d'Abo
    • Amalia Guishar
    Robert Orr
    • Agitator
    Kris Marshall
    Kris Marshall
    • Pasha Antipov…
    Karel Dobrý
    Karel Dobrý
    • Mayakovsky
    David Fisher
    David Fisher
    • Blok
    Hugh Bonneville
    Hugh Bonneville
    • Andrey Zhivago
    John Comer
    • Bolshevik Infiltrator
    Honza Klimer
    • Convoy Officer
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Ioan Gruffudd was originally offered the role of Doctor Yuri Zhivago, but he turned it down.
    • Quotes

      Yuri [to Professor]: I'll be a doctor for others, and a poet for myself.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of the Costume Drama: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Korobochka
      Russian traditional

      At the wedding party of Zhivago and Tonya

    User reviews69

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    9/10
    A surprisingly involving and more faithful adaptation
    It may be somewhat sacrilegious to admit this, but I actually prefer this production to the David Lean classic. That is an admission however that I do not take lightly, the Lean version having left an indelible impression on my younger life and the beautiful Lara's Theme having haunted me since I first saw the original version on television back in the 1980s. No, when I sat down to watch this 2002 adaptation of the Boris Pasternak epic I was all prepared to be both disappointed and resistant to a newer version of the Omar Sharif/Julie Christie favorite - so what happened? Why am I now sitting here so impressed and involved in what should by all accounts be a poorer step child to the colorful, star-filled 1960s movie. Simply put this movie has the advantage of time. A whole hour longer than the other movie that extra time gives the production of filling in some of the blanks that inhibited to original and more fully exploring the human relationships and interaction between characters. Matheson may not have the acting ability of Sharif but what he does have is the opportunity to more fully realize the character of Zhivago. In this sense this movie is more faithful to the source material and all the better for it. Matheson plays the story of Zhivago, a man brought up in the shadow of tragedy who feels the pull of loyalty to his wife (and childhood friend) Tonya and a deep infatuation for Lara. With the violence of World War I and the Russian Revolution as a backdrop, Zhivago travels through life torn by conflict. Less colorful than the original this mini-series compensates with a strong, well defined script and some star turning performances by Sam Neill and one-time Bond girl Maryam D'Abo (as Lara's mother). Many have also dismissed Keira Knightley in her role as Lara, but I found her both competent and powerful in the role. I found myself both involved in her story and convinced by her portrayal - she was certainly a different Lara than the one depicted by Christie some four decades ago, but one no less realized or compelling. In fact, I would go as far as to say that Knightley's Lara is a more rounded character than Christie's, no doubt due to Knightley's impressive screen presence, but also the longer screen time afforded to her character. One device I found both clever and interesting was real archive footage from the period that is woven into the story in a fascinating manner. Included on this DVD is a text biography of author Boris Pasternak as well as over an hour of interviews with the cast. Prepared to be surprised by this DVD and be prepared to fall in love with a whole new version of the DOCTOR ZHIVAGO story.
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    • Dec 13, 2004

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    • Release date
      • November 24, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official PBS/Masterpiece Theatre Web site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Zhivago
    • Filming locations
      • Praha hlavni nadrazi, Wilsonova, Prague, Czech Republic(Railway station Moscow / Moskva)
    • Production companies
      • E-Vision
      • Epsilon TV Production
      • Granada Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      3 hours 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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