Doctor Zhivago (miniseries)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Andrew Davies |
| Directed by | Giacomo Campiotti |
| Starring |
Hans Matheson Keira Knightley Sam Neill Kris Marshall |
| Theme music composer | Ludovico Einaudi |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States Germany |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer(s) | Ane Pivcevic Hugh Warren |
| Editor(s) | Joe Walker |
| Running time | 225 minutes |
| Budget | £7 million |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 24 November – 8 December 2002 |
Doctor Zhivago is a 2002 British television miniseries directed by Giacomo Campiotti and starring Hans Matheson, Keira Knightley and Sam Neill. The teleplay by Andrew Davies is based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Boris Pasternak.
The serial is the second English-language screen adaptation of the book, following the 1965 feature film. It was produced by Granada Television, with co-funding from the American PBS station WGBH Boston and the German company Evision. It was first broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, beginning on 24 November 2002. In the United States, it aired as part of Masterpiece Theatre on 2 and 9 November 2003.
The story begins in Tsarist Russia in the early 1900s and is set primarily against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Russian Civil War of 1918–1921. At its core is Lara Guishar Antipova, a young woman from Moscow who has a profound effect on three men who become enamored with her.
Victor Komarovsky, an unctuous, wealthy businessman with political connections, is involved in a casual affair with Lara's bourgeois dressmaker mother Amalia, who encourages her teenage daughter to accept his invitation to dinner in an attempt to retain his financial support of her household. Initially Lara is repelled by the thought, but she finally accepts and eventually uses her sexual power to seduce and ultimately control him.
Meanwhile, Lara is involved in an affair with the idealistic reformer Pasha Antipov who drifts into left-wing extremism after being wounded by sabre-wielding Cossacks during a peaceful demonstration. Pasha runs to Lara, whom he wants to marry, to treat his wound. He asks her to hide a gun he picked up at the demonstration.
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