The young Yuri Zhivago (played by Omar Sharif), who lost his mother at a young age, is adopted by a family friend of his mother and grows up alongside the young girl Tanya from his stepmother's family. He successfully completes his medical studies and becomes an excellent doctor. In a parallel life, Lana (played by Julie Christie), born into a tailor's family, is in her golden youth at seventeen. Her mother's lover, Victor, often harasses her, and her fiancé, Pasha, who is enthusiastic about the worker's revolution, adds to Lana's worries. During the tumultuous times of the labor movement, Zhivago witnesses the brutal suppression of workers by the authorities, while Lana faces degradation by Victor due to Pasha's involvement in the labor movement. Through Victor's connections, Zhivago and Lana's lives finally intersect, and they cannot help but fall passionately in love despite their respective partners during the chaos of World War I... Soon after, as the Bolsheviks take power, Zhivago returns to his hometown to reunite with Tanya, only to find life deteriorating to the point that they must seek a living in the countryside. Unexpectedly, in a distant northern village, Zhivago encounters Lana again... This film is adapted from Pasternak's novel of the same name and won several professional awards at the 1966 Oscars, including Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.
