Novel Adaptation

Doctor Zhivago

Name: Doctor Zhivago
Director: David Lean
Released: 1965

Boris Pasternak · 1957 → Film 1965

The Book

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3.9/ 5

1957

The Film

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TMDB

1965197 min

Faithfulness to source80%

Highly faithful

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About the Book

Set during the Russian Revolution, a poet-physician is torn between his marriage and a passionate love affair with the beautiful Lara.

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About the Film

A married Russian doctor and poet falls into a passionate affair with a revolutionary's wife against the backdrop of WWI and the Russian Revolution.

Details

Genre

Drama

Source Type

Novel

Year Published

1957

Year Released

1965

Director

David Lean

Runtime

197 min

Faithfulness Score

80%Very faithful

Adaptation Type

Feature Film

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