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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 .. Read more
| Starring | Sam Neill, Chris Marshall, Hans Matheson, Bill Paterson |
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| Director | Giacomo Campiotti |
| Genres | Drama |
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Not great, not rubbish
New to the Dr Zhivaho story, I wasn't 'expecting' anything, and I feel that's just what I got. In this remake you have loads of recognised ... read more »
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Fair Play
A worthy remake and tough boots to fill from the original. Has achieved the drama, times and passion this story must have - thouroughly enjoyed it
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Unwatchable due to disc failure and lack of subtitles
I rely on subtitles to watch anything but this is such a classic i thought I'd persevere. It was hopeless - I couldn;t follow the dialogue at all, and to be... read more »
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Enjoyable.
Sam Neill at his badest, he has a presence on stage that can go either way. When he is good he is very very good good when he is bad he is better. Throw in a ... read more »
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very moving
i must admit the movie portrays everything in the book and more. Caused me to cry
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Good but...
.... the original is slightly better. IMO.
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More faithul than Lean
Being very familiar with the '65 David Lean version of Dr Zhivago from an early age (its my mum's favourite film) I did always love it - broad beautiful... read more »
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Customer Review
This film comes closer than I would have imagined to capturing the beauty and pathos of Pasternak's novel. Comparisons with the 1965 classic are inevitable ... read more »
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So-so, totally lacking in Pasternak
Having read the Pasternak's novel (with the added advantage of been able to do it in Russian), I always thought it would be near impossible to make an ... read more »
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I have reviewed this before!
Story wonderful, Russia believable, Keira Knightley truly beautiful.
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Tragic
Such a great film, so tragic though - the book is sposed to be 10 times better, so get reading folks!