Doctor Zhivago (Deluxe Edition) (1965) On DVD

Actor:           Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Siobhan Mc.Kenna
Director:      David Lean
Genre:          Drama
Year:            1965
Studio:         Warner Home Video
Length:        191
Released:    January 4, 2011
Rating:          Parental Guidance 13+ (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD

Misc:             Color

Language:   English

 Subtitles:     English, Spanish

DESCRIPTION:

David Lean's Doctor Zhivago is an exploration of the Russian Revolution as seen from the point of view of the intellectual, introspective title character (Omar Sharif). As the political landscape changes, and the Czarist regime comes to an end, Dr.Zhivago's relationships reflect the political turmoil raging about him. Though he is married, the vagaries of war lead him to begin a love affair with the beautiful Lara (Julie Christie). But he cannot escape the machinations of a band of selfish and cruel characters: General Strelnikov (Tom Courtenay), a Bolshevik General; Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), Lara's former lover; and Yevgraf (Alec Guinness), Zhivago's sinister half-brother. This epic, sweeping romance, told in flashback, captures the lushness of Moscow before the war and the violent social upheaval that followed. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Boris Pasternak.