Aleksandr PROSHKIN
Александр ПРОШКИН
Aleksandr PROCHKINE
Russia, 2005, 484mn 
Doktor Zhivago
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Доктор Живаго

 

 Docteur Jivago

 Doktor Zhivago

 
Directed by : Aleksandr PROSHKIN (Александр ПРОШКИН)
Writing credits : Yuri ARABOV (Юрий АРАБОВ)
 
Cast
Varvara ANDREYEVA (Варвара АНДРЕЕВА) ...Tonia
Maksim AVERIN (Максим АВЕРИН)
Sergey BALABANOV (Сергей БАЛАБАНОВ)
Irina BRAZGOVKA (Ирина БРАЗГОВКА) ...Anna Ivanovna
Sergey GARMASH (Сергей ГАРМАШ) ...Antipov
Sergey GAZAROV (Сергей ГАЗАРОВ) ...Alaverdov
Sergey GOROBCHENKO (Сергей ГОРОБЧЕНКО) ...Patoulia
Andrey I. (Андрей И.)
Vladimir ILIN (Владимир ИЛЬИН) ...Gromeko
Viktoria ISAKOVA (Виктория ИСАКОВА) ...Marinka
Chulpan KHAMATOVA (Чулпан ХАМАТОВА) ...Lara
Natalia KOLIAKANOVA (Наталья КОЛЯКАНОВА) ...Amalia Guichar
Andrey KRASKO (Андрей КРАСКО) ...Markel
Andrey KUZICHEV (Андрей КУЗИЧЕВ) ...Guintse
Oleg MENSHIKOV (Олег МЕНЬШИКОВ) ...Docteur Jivago
Sergey MIGITSKO (Сергей МИГИЦКО) ...Gordon
Dmitry MULIAR (Дмитрий МУЛЯР) ...Le jeune chirurgien
Inga OBOLDINA (Инга ОБОЛДИНА) ...Chourotchka
Andrey PANIN (Андрей ПАНИН) ...Andreï Jivago
Aleksey PETRENKO (Алексей ПЕТРЕНКО) ...Faddeï Kazimirovitch
Kirill PIROGOV (Кирилл ПИРОГОВ) ...Micha
Lyudmila POLIAKOVA (Людмила ПОЛЯКОВА) ...Présidente du jugement
Galina POLSKIKH (Галина ПОЛЬСКИХ) ...Mikoulitsyny Elena, Marfa et Serafima
Viktor SOLOVIEV (Виктор СОЛОВЬЕВ) ...Président
Viktor STEPANOV (Виктор СТЕПАНОВ) ...Averki
Oleg YANKOVSKY (Олег ЯНКОВСКИЙ) ...L'avocat Komarovski
Aleksey ZAYTSEVA (Алексей ЗАЙЦЕВ)
Mariya ZVONARIOVA (Мария ЗВОНАРЁВА) ...Agafia
 
Cinematography : Gennadi KARIUK (Геннадий КАРЮК)
Production design : Vladimir ERMAKOV (Владимир ЕРМАКОВ)
Produced by : Ruben DISHDISHIAN (Рубен ДИШДИШЯН), Yuri MOROZ (Юрий МОРОЗ)
Production : Mosfilm, Kurier
Release date in Russia : 10/05/2006
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Best Set Decoration Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2007
Best music Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2007
Aigle d'or de la meilleure série télévisée, 2006
Aigle d'or des meilleurs décors et de la meilleure musique, 2006
Aigle d'or du meilleur rôle masculin à la télévison pour Oleg Yankovski, 2006

Plot synopsis
Around 1910, young Lara was seduced by Komarovski, the protector of her mother, and to get rid of him she married Pavel. The latter, realizing that his wife does not like him, decides to enlist in 1914 to fight the Germans. Lara, mother of a little girl, Katia, goes as a nurse to the front lines and meets the military doctor, Yuri Zhivago. The latter after three years of service in the Army reunited with his family when the Revolution of 1917 broke out. To escape fighting and famine, they decide to go and live in a quiet and comfortable villa in the Urals. At the library in the nearby town, Youri Zhivago finds Lara and between them a deep and painful love is born. In the city reigns the political commissar Pavel Strénikov who is none other than Lara's husband. He does not seek to see his wife again but provides her with some protection. Returning from a visit to Lara, Zhivago is arrested by supporters who immediately requisition him as a doctor. A year later he manages to escape and learns that his wife and children have left for Moscow. Later he will learn that they have emigrated. Lara and Zhivago cannot stay where their lives are threatened since Pavel Strelnikov came into disgrace. Then Komarovski reappears, Lara's former seducer. He has enough power to allow Lara and Zhivago to flee to the Far East. Zhivago pretends to agree to save Lara and her daughter, but he stays. He returned to Moscow, abandoned medicine, and fell into wandering and misery. His half-brother, met at random, gives him back a taste for life, but soon after he dies. Lara will arrive in Moscow for the lifting of the body.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
La mise à l'écran des œuvres littéraires emblématiques de l'époque soviétique : une tentative de révisionnisme historique ?, Tatiana SOKOLNIKOVA, Persée, La Revue russe, 2011
Aleksandr Proshkin : Doctor Zhivago (TV, 2006), Alexander PROKHOROV, kinokultura.com, 2007
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2007

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