Plot: Lara (Julie Christie) inspires lechery in Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger) (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha (Sir Tom Courtenay). Her true love is Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif), who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago's half brother Yevgraf (Sir Alec Guinness), who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the movie, he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago.
Alternative Plot: During the Russian Revolution, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif), is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar (Julie Christie), who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, however, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites.
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