Dramatic sweep of a historical movie

Rating: 9/10 (4 November 2001)

Doctor Zhivago is one of David Lean's best historical epics. Loaded with great actors and actresses, this movie gives the viewer a great story set against the dramatic events of Russia in the 1910 to 1940 period. It is all here, from the cossacks charging the bolsheviks to the bloody purges under Josef Stalin. These historical events are told with a personal backdrop of the main characters dealing with all the changes that surround them.