Season 1 (2002)
Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.
Release date: 2002-11-24
User rating:
7.8 / 10
Director: Giacomo Campiotti
Screenwriter: Andrew Davies
Novel: Boris Pasternak
Episodes (3):
1. Part 1
Yuri Zhivago is a young doctor and rising poet, about to be married to Anna. He meets Lara (the teenage mistress of a politician) when she tries to kill herself. Lara marries the Bolshevik Antipov, and as the Great War unfolds Yuri and Lara go off to war to tend the wounded, fall in love and lead a passionate affair as the old régime collapses.
Release date: 2002-11-24
2. Part 2
Yury returns to Moscow to find his house has been taken over by the Reds. He becomes a surgeon at a Moscow hospital but Mischa advises him to leave Moscow.
Release date: 2002-12-01
3. Part 3
Yury has been captured by the Partisan. Lara nurses Tonya as she has her baby.
Release date: 2002-12-08
Cast
Hans Matheson
as Yuri Zhivago
Keira Knightley
as Lara Antipova
Sam Neill
as Victor Komarovsky
Bill Paterson
as Alexander Gromyko
Celia Imrie
as Anna Gromyko
Maryam D'Abo
as Amalia Guishar
Anne-Marie Duff
as Olya Demina
Alexandra Maria Lara
as Tonya Gromyko Zhivago
Kris Marshall
as Pasha Antipov
Hugh Bonneville
as Yevgraf Zhivago
Gregg Sulkin
as Seryozha
Daniele Liotti
as Misha Gordon
Sylvia Syms
as Madame Fleury
Anna Rust
as Katya
Rick Warden
as LIberius
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Sam MacLintock - Little Yury, Robert Orr - Agitator
Crew - click here to expand
Giacomo Campiotti - Director, Boris Pasternak - Novel, Andrew Davies - Screenplay, Ivana Němcová - Hairstylist, Andy Harries - Executive Producer, Joe Walker - Editor, Philippa Hart - Set Decoration, Fae Hammond - Makeup Designer, John Hill - Art Direction, Rebecca Eaton - Executive Producer, Anne Pivcevic - Producer, Maria Djurkovic - Production Design, Hugh Warren - Producer, Ludovico Einaudi - Original Music Composer, Blasco Giurato - Director of Photography, Annie Symons - Costume Design, Giovanna Arata - Executive Producer, Martin Malý - Art Direction, Tatiana Macdonald - Set Decoration, Růžena Novotná - Hairstylist, Simon Carr - Visual Effects Supervisor, Noriko Watanabe - Hairstylist, Lisa Pickering - Hairstylist, Milan Vlček - Hairstylist, Simon Frame - Visual Effects Supervisor, Robin Beard - Visual Effects