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Warner Home Video
Doctor Zhivago
Director
David Lean
Classification
PG-13
Genres
Drama, Romance
DVD Relese Date
1965
Description
Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago's half brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago.
Cast
Sir Alec Guinness, Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, Tom Courtenay
Quotes
Komarovski: There are two kinds of men and only two. And that young man is one kind. He is high-minded. He is pure. He's the kind of man the world pretends to look up to, and in fact despises. He is the kind of man who breeds unhappiness, particularly in women. Do you understand? Gromeko: [reading newspaper] They've shot the Czar. And all his family. What's it for? Zhivago: It's to show there's no going back.