TV series
Doctor Zhivago
Overview
Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.
Details
- First air date
- 2002-11-24
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 3 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- ITV1, PBS
- Production
- Granada Productions, GBH, PBS, Epsilon TV Production
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Hans Matheson as Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago
- Keira Knightley as Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova
- Celia Imrie as Anna Gromeko
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Tonya Gromeko
- Sam Neill as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
- Hugh Bonneville as Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
- Kris Marshall as Pavel 'Pasha' Antipov
- Bill Paterson as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko
- Anna Rust as Katya Antipova
- Sam MacLintock as Little Yury
- Daniella Byrne as Little Tonya
- Daniele Liotti as Misha Gordon
Creators and crew
- Andrew Davies - Creator
- Andy Harries - Executive Producer
- Rebecca Eaton - Executive Producer
- Giovanna Arata - Executive Producer
- Hugh Warren - Producer
- Anne Pivcevic - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Part 1
Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago is a young doctor and rising poet, about to be married to Anna. He meets Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova (the teenage mistress of a politician) when she tries to kill herself. Lara marries the Bolshevik Antipov, and as the Great War unfolds, Yuri and Lara go off to war to tend the wounded, fall in love and lead a passionate affair as the old régime collapses.
Episode 2: Part 2
Yury returns to Moscow to find his house has been taken over by the Reds. He becomes a surgeon at a Moscow hospital but Mischa advises him to leave Moscow.
Episode 3: Part 3
Yury has been captured by the Partisan. Lara nurses Tonya as she has her baby.
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