Boris Pasternak
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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator.
Pasternak in 1959
Boris (left) with his brother Alex; painting by their father, Leonid Pasternak
Pasternak c. 1908
Boris Pasternak in 1910, by his father Leonid Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago (film)
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Doctor Zhivago is a 1965 epic historical romance film directed by David Lean with a screenplay by Robert Bolt, based on the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternak. The story is set in Russia during World War I
Boris Pasternak
…companion composition to Sergej Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil Op 37. based on the eponymous poem from the diptych Doktor Zhivago Na Strastnoy The first screen adaptation of Doctor Zhivago, adapted by Robert Bolt and directed by David Lean, appeared in 1965. The film, which toured in the roadshow tradition, starred Omar…
Theatrical release poster design by Tom Jung
Tsarist dragoons attack a peaceful demonstration
Alec Guinness as Yevgraf & Rita Tushingham as Tanya
The opening and closing scenes were filmed on location at the Aldeadávila Dam between Spain and Portugal.