A young married man Yury Zhivago falls in love with a Lara. Meanwhile Lara attempts to escape from her lover Komarovsky.
This television mini-series, based on Boris Pasternak's romantic novel, set amid the atrocious, bloody events of the Russian Revolution, stars Hans Matheson as Yury Zhivago and Keira Knightley as Lara. The supporting cast includes Sam Neill, Celia Imrie, Kris Marshall, and many others.