Doctor Zhivago
1965 epic film by David Lean · Released 1965
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.
Cast ages when filming began (December 28, 1964)
- Omar Sharif, as Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago: 32
- Julie Christie, as Larissa Fyodorovna "Lara" Antipova: 24
- Geraldine Chaplin, as Tonya Gromeko: 20
- Rod Steiger, as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky: 39
- Alec Guinness, as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago: 50
- Tom Courtenay, as Pavel "Pasha" Antipov / Strelnikov: 27
- Rita Tushingham, as Tanya Komarova: 22
- Ralph Richardson, as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko: 62
- Klaus Kinski, as Kostoyed Amoursky: 38
- Adrienne Corri, as Amelia: 34
- Siobhán McKenna, as Anna Gromeko: 42
- Gerard Tichy, as Liberius Mikulitsyn: 44
- Geoffrey Keen, as Professor Boris Kurt: 48
- Jack MacGowran, as Petya: 46
- Lili Muráti, as The Train Jumper: 53
- Noel Willman, as Razin: 46
- Bernard Kay, as Kuril: 36