Drama

Doctor Zhivago

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

6.7(70)

First Aired:November 24, 2002

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:3

Status:Ended

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.

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Cast

Hans Matheson

Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago

Keira Knightley

Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova

Celia Imrie

Anna Gromeko

Alexandra Maria Lara

Tonya Gromeko

Sam Neill

Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky

Hugh Bonneville

Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago

Kris Marshall

Pavel 'Pasha' Antipov

Bill Paterson

Alexander Maximovich Gromeko

Anna Rust

Katya Antipova

Sam MacLintock

Little Yury

Daniella Byrne

Little Tonya

Daniele Liotti

Misha Gordon

Anne-Marie Duff

Olya Demina

Maryam D'Abo

Amalia Guishar

Sylvia Syms

Madame Fleury

Seasons

E1Part 1

112m7.5

Nov 24, 2002

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.

E2Part 2

113m8.0

Dec 1, 2002

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.