---
title: 'Doctor Zhivago (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Lean'
released: '1965-12-22'
runtime_minutes: 197
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/doctor-zhivago-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Doctor Zhivago (1965)

1965 · 197 min · Drama, War, Romance · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

Doctor Zhivago is a 1965 epic historical romance film directed by David Lean with a screenplay by Robert Bolt, based on the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternak. The story is set in Russia during World War I and the Russian Civil War. The film stars Omar Sharif in the title role as Yuri Zhivago, a married physician and poet whose life is altered by the Russian Revolution and subsequent civil war, and Julie Christie as his lover Lara Antipova. Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Courtenay, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Ralph Richardson, Siobhán McKenna, and Rita Tushingham play supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Bolt](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bolt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [Carlo Ponti](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ponti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicolas Roeg](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-roeg)
- **Editor:** [Norman Savage](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-savage)

## Cast

- [Noel Willman](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-willman) as Razin
- [Pilar Gómez Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/pilar-gomez-ferrer)
- [Rita Tushingham](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-tushingham) as Tanya Komarova
- [Virgilio Teixeira](https://cinepixo.com/people/virgilio-teixeira)
- [Gerard Tichy](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-tichy) as Liberius Mikulitsyn
- [Rod Steiger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-steiger) as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
- [Víctor Israel](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-israel)
- [María Martín](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-martin)
- [Erik Chitty](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-chitty)
- [Geoffrey Keen](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-keen) as Professor Boris Kurt
- [Siobhán McKenna](https://cinepixo.com/people/siobhan-mckenna) as Anna Gromeko
- [Alec Guinness](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-guinness) as NKVD Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
- [Klaus Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-kinski) as Kostoyed Amoursky
- [José María Caffarel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-maria-caffarel)
- [Inigo Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/inigo-jackson)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/doctor-zhivago-1965
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