Guide Note:
Doctor Zhivago is a film directed by David Lean in 1965. Boris Pasternak is the Author of the book that the film is loosely based on. The film takes place in 1905-1922, the years of Bloody Sunday, World War I and the Russian Revolution, the overthrow of Emperor Nicholas II and the establishment of the Soviet Union.
Fast Facts:
- The book was first published in Italy in 1957, and it was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988
- The book was made into the film in 1965
- Dr. Zhivago won 5 Academy Awards
- "Yevgeny Pasternak", accepted the Nobel prize on his father Boris Pasternak's (the author of the novel) behalf in 1989
