Omar Sharif
Dr. Yuri Zhivago
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Christie's breakthrough film role was in Billy Liar (1963). She came to international attention for her performances in Darling (1965), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Doctor Zhivago (also 1965), the eighth highest-grossing film of all time after adjustment for inflation.
Julie Christie stars as Lara, a political activist's wife who falls in love with a Russian physician and poet during the Russian Revolution. The film, directed by David Lean, won five Oscars and features Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin and Rod Steiger.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- David Lean
- 1965-12-31
Julie Christie is a British movie legend who won an Oscar for her role as Lara in Doctor Zhivago (1965). Learn about her life, career, and relationships with directors, co-stars, and Warren Beatty.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- 1.60 m
Julie Christie plays Lara, the wife of a Bolshevik leader and the lover of a poet, in this epic romance set in Russia. See photos, quotes, and trivia about her role and the film on IMDb.
The film stars Omar Sharif in the title role as Yuri Zhivago, a married physician and poet whose life is altered by the Russian Revolution and subsequent civil war, and Julie Christie as his love interest Lara Antipova.
Sep 18, 2020 · Learn how the novel by Boris Pasternak, a controversial and banned work in the Soviet Union, became a cinematic masterpiece starring Julie Christie and Omar Sharif. Discover the challenges and controversies of adapting the story of doomed love during the Russian Revolution.
Nov 25, 2015 · Julie Christie won Best Actress at the 1966 Oscars, but it wasn’t for Doctor Zhivago. She won her Academy Award for her role in Darling, a film widely acclaimed in 1966 but relatively...
