Film !exclusive! — Dr.zhivago

The Dr. Zhivago film simplifies the plot dramatically. The book has 30 characters and 200 poems. The film focuses strictly on the love triangle and the escape to Yuriatin. Most viewers prefer the film for its emotional punch, while purists prefer the novel’s intellectual depth.

The film is based on Boris Pasternak’s 1957 novel, a book so controversial it had to be smuggled out of the Soviet Union to be published in Italy. Because the USSR banned the book for its critique of the Bolshevik Revolution, David Lean could not film in Russia. Instead, he painstakingly recreated Moscow in , even building a massive ten-acre set of a Moscow street. The Heart of the Storm At its core, the film follows Yuri Zhivago dr.zhivago film