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Pasternak

Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian government to refuse the 1958 Nobel Prize in literature for his novel Dr. Zhivago.

Top Cast

  • David Lean

    David Lean

    Self (archive footage)

  • Alec Guinness

    Alec Guinness

    Self (archive footage)

  • Omar Sharif

    Omar Sharif

    Self (archive footage)

  • Geraldine Chaplin

    Geraldine Chaplin

    Self (archive footage)

  • Julie Christie

    Julie Christie

    Self (archive footage)

Overview

Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian government to refuse the 1958 Nobel Prize in literature for his novel Dr. Zhivago.

Rating

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