Doctor Zhivago

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epic film film romantic drama film

Doctor Zhivago is a classic 1965 epic romantic drama film set during the Russian Revolution, renowned for its sweeping cinematography, tragic love story, and Omar Sharif’s iconic lead performance.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Doctor Zhivago (novel) 0
Yuri Zhivago 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epic film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Color)

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Color)

Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design (Color)

Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
academyAwardNominations 10 ⓘ
academyAwardWins 5 ⓘ
author Boris Pasternak ⓘ
basedOn Doctor Zhivago (novel) ⓘ
boxOfficeStatus one of the highest-grossing films of all time (inflation-adjusted) ⓘ
cinematographyBy Freddie Young ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director David Lean ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
surface form: MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Norman Savage ⓘ
famousSong Lara's Theme ⓘ
filmingLocation Canada ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
genre epic ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
hasCharacter Komarovsky ⓘ
Lara Antipova ⓘ
Tonya Gromeko ⓘ
Yuri Zhivago ⓘ
musicBy Maurice Jarre ⓘ
narrativeFocus tragic love story ⓘ
notableFor iconic performance by Omar Sharif ⓘ
sweeping cinematography ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Dino De Laurentiis ⓘ
surface form: Carlo Ponti
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseYear 1965 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 197 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Bolt ⓘ
settingLocation Russia ⓘ
settingPeriod Russian Civil War ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
starring Alec Guinness ⓘ
Geraldine Chaplin ⓘ
Julie Christie ⓘ
Omar Sharif ⓘ
Ralph Richardson ⓘ
Rita Tushingham ⓘ
Rod Steiger ⓘ
Siobhán McKenna ⓘ
Tom Courtenay ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geraldine Chaplin → notableWork → Doctor Zhivago ⓘ
Michel → notableWork → Doctor Zhivago ⓘ
subject surface form: Michel Dimitri Chalhoub
Omar Sharif → notableWork → Doctor Zhivago ⓘ
Rod Steiger → notableWork → Doctor Zhivago ⓘ
Tom Courtenay → notableWork → Doctor Zhivago ⓘ
Omar Sharif → portrayed → Doctor Zhivago ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuri Zhivago
MGM → producedFilm → Doctor Zhivago ⓘ