1965 · 200 min · PG-13

Doctor Zhivago

Name: Doctor Zhivago
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1965
Duration: 200 min
Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness

Directed by David Lean · Drama, Romance, War

Doctor Zhivago (1965) is a Drama film, directed by David Lean set in Moscow during the 1910s–1920s. It runs 200 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Themes of love & longing, war's cost, and freedom & oppression play out through frame narrative.

Composer

Maurice Jarre

Cinematography

Freddie Young

Cast

Omar SharifJulie ChristieGeraldine ChaplinRod SteigerAlec GuinnessTom CourtenaySiobhán McKennaRalph Richardson

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Moscow

Setting

Urban Rural

When

1910s 1920s

Premise & themes

Themes

Love & Longing War's Cost Freedom & Oppression

Structure

Frame Narrative

Tone

RomanticMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist

Two Hander

Pacing

Slow Burn

Based on

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The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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