| Description |
2 videodiscs (225 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
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English dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Sam Neill, Hans Matheson, Keira Knightley. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Boris Pasternak. |
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Originally broadcast in 2002. |
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Previously released on DVD. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
One of the world's most famous love stories and half a century of Russian history come to life in this adaptation of Pasternak's masterpiece. War and revolution bring poet and physician Yury Zhivago together with the beautiful Lara, his muse and all-consuming passion. But both are hunted, Yury by guilt over his betrayal of Tonya, his beloved wife, and Lara by fear of Komarovsky, the powerful man who means to have her any way he can. |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Davies, Andrew, 1936-
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Campiotti, Giacomo, 1957-
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Neill, Sam.
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Matheson, Hans, 1975-
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Knightley, Keira, 1985-
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Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.
Doctor Zhivago ; adaptations.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781598288773 |
| Standard No. |
054961887798 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8877 Acorn Media |
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