Doctor Zhivago

2002 6.7 (64 votes) 1 Seasons

Genres

Drama

Networks

ITV1
PBS

Created By

Andrew Davies

Boris Pasternak's tale of love, betrayal and revolution.

Overview

Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.

Key Crew

Director: Giacomo Campiotti

Producer: Anne Pivcevic, Hugh Warren

Top Cast

Hans Matheson

Yuri Zhivago

Keira Knightley

Lara Antipova

Sam Neill

Victor Komarovsky

Bill Paterson

Alexander Gromyko

Celia Imrie

Anna Gromyko

Maryam d'Abo

Amalia Guishar

Anne-Marie Duff

Olya Demina

Alexandra Maria Lara

Tonya Gromyko Zhivago

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

3 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Part 1

2002-11-24

Yuri Zhivago is a young doctor and rising poet, about to be married to Anna. He meets Lara (the teenage mistress of a politician) when she tries to kill herself. Lara marries the Bolshevik Antipov, and as the Great War unfolds Yuri and Lara go off to war to tend the wounded, fall in love and lead a passionate affair as the old régime collapses.

Runtime: 75 min

Episode 2: Part 2

2002-12-01

Yury returns to Moscow to find his house has been taken over by the Reds. He becomes a surgeon at a Moscow hospital but Mischa advises him to leave Moscow.

Runtime: 75 min