The Real Doctor Zhivago
2017•U•59m•Released
DocumentaryHistory
Dr. Zhivago is one of the best-known love stories of the 20th century, but the setting of the book also made it famous. It is a tale of passion and fear, set against a backdrop of revolution and violence. The film is what most people remember, but the story of the writing of the book has more twists, intrigue and bravery than many a Hollywood blockbuster. In this documentary, Stephen Smith traces the revolutionary beginnings of this bestseller, to it becoming a pawn of the CIA at the height of the Cold War.
Director
George Cathro
Languages
English
Studio
BBC Four
Cast
Stephen Smith
Presenter
Production
Company
BBC Four
Producer
George Cathro
Recommended
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
8.1
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
2008
7.1
Audrey
2020
7.3
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
6.7
Cameraperson
2016
7.8
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013
6.8
Howard
2018
6.4
The Captains
2011
7
Ronaldo
2015
7.2
180° South
2010
6.5
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942
7.9
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
7.9
The Year Earth Changed
2021
6.2
Elstree 1976
2015
7.1
Objectified
2009
6.6
Love, Marilyn
2013
6.6
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
2017
7.1
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Similar Movies
6
Not My Job
2015
Chronicles of revolution that didn't happen
2016
6.9
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
7.9
Andrei Rublev
1966
7.4
Enemy at the Gates
2001
7.2
Europa Europa
1990
7
The Spacewalker
2017
7.6
Battleship Potemkin
1925
7
Alexander Nevsky
1938
7.5
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
2017
4.4
Lenin in Paris
1981
5.5
Pussy Versus Putin
2013
8
Prague au service de Moscou : Dans les secrets de la guerre froide
2022
3.4
The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
2017
4
Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers
1986
6.4
Lenin: The Train
1988
6.5
In Search of Mother Russia's Children
1997
7
TaMtAm - Music of the time of troubles
2017
6
The Red Tent
1969
7.5
Love and Death
1975