Novel Adaptation
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak · 1957 → Film 1965
The Book
Goodreads
3.9/ 5
1957
The Film
Audience Score
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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
Adaptation Type
Feature Film
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