What is Doctor Zhivago?
{{Infobox film | name = Doctor Zhivago | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Omar Sharif as Doctor Zhivago | director = [[David Lean]] | producer = Carlo Ponti | screenplay = Robert Bolt | starring = <!-- In order of appearance in main titles and movie poster -->[[Omar Sharif]]<br>[[Julie Christie]]<br>[[Tom Courtenay]]<br>[[Alec Guinness]]<br>[[Geraldine Chaplin]]<br>[[Rod Steiger]] | music = [[Maurice Jarre]] | cinematography = Freddie Young<br>[[Nicolas Roeg]] {{small|(Uncredited)}} | editing = Norman Savage | studio = Sostar S.A. | distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1965|12|22|US|1966|4|26|UK|1966|12|10|Italy|1999|9|28|US re-release}} | runtime = 197 minutes<br>193 minutes {{small|(UK)}}<br>200 minutes {{small|(1992 re-release)}}<br>192 minutes {{small|(1999 re-release)}} | country = Italy<br>United States | language = English<br>Russian | budget = $11 million |gross=$245 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web| title=Doctor Zhivago (1965)| website=[[Box Office Mojo]]| url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm| access-date=29 April 2014| archive-date=5 January 2013| archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DRBUojkm?url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm| url-status=live}}</ref>}} '''''Doctor Zhivago''''' is a 1965 epic [[Romance movie|romantic]] [[drama]] [[movie]]. The movie is about life in [[Russia]] before and during [[World War I]] and during the [[Russian Civil War]] from 1917 to 1922. The movie is based on a [[novel]] of the same name. It was written by [[Boris Pasternak]]. The movie was [[ban]]ned in the [[Soviet Union]]. It could not be made there and also could not be shown in [[theatre]]s after it was released. It was first shown in Russia in 1994. The movie was directed by [[David Lean]].<ref name=ranker>{{cite web|title=David Lean Movies|publisher=Ranker|url=http://www.ranker.com/list/movies-and-films-directed-by-