The Real Doctor Zhivago

Dr Zhivago is one of the best-known love stories of the 20th century, but the setting of the book also made it famous. It is a tale of passion and fear, set against a backdrop of revolution and violence. The film is what most people remember, but the story of the writing of the book has more twists, intrigue and bravery than many a Hollywood blockbuster. In this documentary, Stephen Smith traces the revolutionary beginnings of this bestseller, to it becoming a pawn of the CIA at the height of the Cold War. The writer of the novel, Boris Pasternak, in the words of his family, willingly committed acts of literary suicide in being true to the Russia he loved, but being honest about the Soviet regime he hated and despised. Under Stalin, writers and artists just disappeared if they didn't support the party line. Many were murdered.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 301254
  • Status Released
  • Released Great Britain November 8, 2017 (TV premiere) Finland December 20, 2019 (TV premiere)
  • Content Rating Great Britain U
  • Runtime 55 minutes
  • Genres History Documentary
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • Production Company BBC Four
  • Distributor BBC Scotland
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