Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago is a story of a man torn between two women set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, best known from the 1965 epic film adapted by Robert Bolt from the original novel by Boris Pasternak.

The novel

Although it contains passages written in the 1910s and 1920s, Doctor Zhivago was not completed until 1956. It was submitted for publication to the journal Novyi mir but, thanks to Pasternak's difficult relationship with the Soviet government, it was rejected. The following year, it appeared in an Italian translation, and this publication was partly responsible for the fact that the author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958. The book was finally published in Russian was in 1988, ironically in the pages of Novyi mir.

The film

The film was directed by David Lean and starred Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham and Klaus Kinski. It was nominated for and won numerous Academy Awards:

• Won:
  • Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (John Box, Terry Marsh, Dario Simoni)
  • Best Cinematography, Color
  • Best Costume Design, Color (Phyllis Dalton)
  • Best Music, Score - Substantially Original (Maurice Jarre)
  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Robert Bolt)
• Nominated for:
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Tom Courtenay)
  • Best Director (David Lean)
  • Best Film Editing (Norman Savage)
  • Best Picture
  • Best Sound (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Carlo Ponti)

Doctor Zhivago is also a 2002 miniseries with Hans Matheson and Keira Knightley.

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