Doctor Zhivago
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.
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.
Andy Harries
Creator / EP
Anne Pivcevic
Producer
Episodes
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.
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.
3. Part 3
Yury has been captured by the Partisan. Lara nurses Tonya as she has her baby.
Cast & Crew
Hans Matheson
Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago
Keira Knightley
Larissa Ameliava 'Lara' Antipova
Celia Imrie
Anna Gromeko
Alexandra Maria Lara
Tonya Gromeko
Sam Neill
Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
Hugh Bonneville
Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago
