Pasternak

1965
9m

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This short film, a mini-biography of of writer and Nobelist Boris Pasternak, serves as something of a promotional film for the upcoming film version of his novel Le docteur Jivago (1965). It... Read allThis short film, a mini-biography of of writer and Nobelist Boris Pasternak, serves as something of a promotional film for the upcoming film version of his novel Le docteur Jivago (1965). It includes scenes with David Lean, Alec Guinness, and Geraldine Chaplin among others. Paste... Read allThis short film, a mini-biography of of writer and Nobelist Boris Pasternak, serves as something of a promotional film for the upcoming film version of his novel Le docteur Jivago (1965). It includes scenes with David Lean, Alec Guinness, and Geraldine Chaplin among others. Pasternak grew up in an artistic home where men like Lev Tolstoy were frequent visitors. He ref... Read all

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- Thomas Craven
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6.6/10

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Director
- Thomas Craven
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David Lean

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Alec Guinness

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Omar Sharif

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Geraldine Chaplin

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Julie Christie

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Rod Steiger

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Trivia
Featured on the 2-disc Warner Brothers DVD of Le docteur Jivago (1965), released in 2001.

Connections
Features Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï (1957)

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7/10

Trying For Variety In Coming Attractions

Here's a one-reel coming attraction for DOCTOR ZHIVAGO that concentrates on the movie's source, the novel of the same name, and its author, Boris Pasternak. It begins with the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Pasternak, and his refusal to accept it. It's graciously worded, hinting at political pressure.

We then get a biography of Pasternak, illustrated not by moving images, but sketches and still pictures.

It's certainly not your standard coming attraction, and by that, is certainly compelling, offering a bit of a mystery to its subject, and to the novel.... and thereby, to the movie.