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The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
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55 min | Documentary

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The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)

Not Rated

55 min | Documentary

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 ...See moreDr 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. The writer of the novel, Boris Pasternak, in the words of his family, willingly committed acts of literary suicide in being true to the Russia he loved, but being honest about the Soviet regime he hated and despised. Under Stalin, writers and artists just disappeared if they didn't support the party line. Many were murdered. Written by BBC See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Smith Self Presenter Self Presenter See fewer	A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)
Boris Pasternak Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Anna Sergeeva-Klyatis Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Ann Pasternak Slater Self Self See fewer	Aung San Suu Kyi: Lady of No Fear (2010)
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Konstantin M. Polivanov Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Anna Pasternak Wallas Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Irina Emelianova Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Olga Ivinskaya Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Sergio D'Angelo Self Self See fewer	D'altro canto (2013)
Carlo Feltrinelli Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Jacqueline de Proyart Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Petr Pasternak Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Peter Finn Self - journalist, The Washington Post Self - journalist, The Washington Post See fewer	Rich Hall's Red Menace (2019)
Rachel van der Wilden Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)
Elena Pasternak Self Self See fewer	The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)