. English. Russian Budget $11 million Box office $111.7 million Doctor Zhivago is a 1965 British-Italian directed. It is set in between the years prior to and the of 1917–1922, and is based on the 1957.

Film music composer Maurice Jarre attended the University of Lyons, then went to Paris, where he studied engineering at the Sorbonne before entering the. May 17, 2014  Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1965). Composed and Conducted by Maurice Jarre, performed by the MGM Studio Orchestra. Please note that the rights belong to.

While immensely popular in the, the book was banned in the for decades. For this reason, the film could not be made in the Soviet Union and was instead filmed mostly in. The film stars in the title role as Yuri Zhivago, a married physician whose life is irreversibly altered by the and subsequent Civil War, and as his married love interest Lara Antipova. The supporting cast includes, and.

Contemporary critics were generally disappointed, complaining of its length at over three hours, and claiming that it trivialized history, but acknowledging the intensity of the love story and the film's treatment of human themes. Over time, however, the film's reputation has improved greatly.

At the, Doctor Zhivago won five:, and; it was nominated for five others (including and ), but lost four of these five to. It also won five awards at the including and for Sharif. As of 2016, it is the eighth, adjusted for ticket-price inflation. It was ranked by the in 1998 as the 39th greatest film on their list, and by the the following year as the 27th. Contents.

Plot Part One The film takes place mostly against a backdrop of the pre- years, World War I itself, the of 1917, and the. A narrative, set in the late 1940s or early 1950s, involves Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago searching for the daughter of his half brother, Doctor Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago , and Larissa ('Lara'). Yevgraf believes a young woman, Tanya Komarova , may be his niece and tells her the story of her father's life. After the burial of his mother in rural Russia, the orphaned Yuri Zhivago is taken in by his mother's friends in: Alexander and Anna Gromeko , and their daughter Tonya.

This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2016) Both Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music received the most nominations at the, where they were each nominated in ten categories. Both films won five oscars apiece, but The Sound of Music beat out Doctor Zhivago in the Best Picture and Director categories. Julie Christie—not nominated for her role in Doctor Zhivago—won the for her performance in. Won.

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Nominated. (Norman Savage). (, MGM Sound Department) The film was nominated for six, and won five. Won.

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Other awards and nominations:. (David Lean) - Nominated. (Carlo Ponti) - Won. (David Lean) - Won. (Julie Christie) - Won. (Maurice Jarre) - Won. Won.

(Omar Sharif) - 2nd place. (Tom Courtenay) - 3rd place. (Julie Christie) - Won. (David Lean) - 2nd place American Film Institute recognition. – No. 7. – Nominated.

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