DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

by David Lean (Doctor Zhivago, GB/USA, 1965, 3h17, vostf)

starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Géraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay

Young orphan Yuri Zhivago, was adopted by the Gromeko family. Now a doctor and poet, he has married the daughter of his adoptive parents, the wise Tonya. One day, he meets Lara, a very beautiful young woman and mistress of a cynical man. He falls under her spell but war soon breaks out and Zhivago leaves to serve in a military hospital.