Doctor Zhivago
“Boris Pasternak's tale of love, betrayal and revolution.”
About
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.
Cast
Hans Matheson
as Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago
Keira Knightley
as Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova
Celia Imrie
as Anna Gromeko
Alexandra Maria Lara
as Tonya Gromeko
Sam Neill
as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
Hugh Bonneville
as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
Kris Marshall
as Pavel 'Pasha' Antipov
Bill Paterson
as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko
Anna Rust
as Katya Antipova
Sam MacLintock
as Little Yury
Daniella Byrne
as Little Tonya
Daniele Liotti
as Misha Gordon
Anne-Marie Duff
as Olya Demina
Maryam D'Abo
as Amalia Guishar
Sylvia Syms
as Madame Fleury
Karel Dobrý
as Mayakovsky
David Fisher
as Blok
Jan Trávníček
as Sasha Zhivago
Episodes
Miniseries
Part 1
Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago is a young doctor and rising poet, about to be married to Anna. He meets Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova (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.
Part 2
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.
Part 3
Yury has been captured by the Partisan. Lara nurses Tonya as she has her baby.
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