Pasternak channeled his love for Ivinskaya, and his frustration with their relationship, into his novel “Doctor Zhivago,” whose heroine was inspired by her. ( Schewe / ullstein bild via Getty ...

As Boris fell in love with Olga, she quickly became his muse for Lara, the spirited heroine of the novel he was working on, Doctor Zhivago. Boris entered Olga’s life and seized possession of it ...

In these words, Boris Pasternak described the beautiful heroine of his great novel, Doctor Zhivago, known to readers the world over—except in Russia, where Zhivago is banned. Hanged Husband.

In Doctor Zhivago it was just a device to make the ... Ironically, he notes that the character of Lara was not the classic Russian heroine that Hollywood made her out to be but of French and ...

By James Powers On Dec. 22, 1965, the 197-minute Russian epic Doctor Zhivago held its world premiere at the Loew’s Capitol Theatre in New York. The David Lean classic went on to win five Oscars ...

Doctor Zhivago The sweep and scope of the Russian revolution, as reflected in the personalities of those who either adapted or were crushed, has been captured by David Lean in "Doctor Zhivago ...

Inside were two rolls of film from British intelligence – pictures of the pages of a Russian-language novel titled Doctor Zhivago. The book, by poet Boris Pasternak, had been banned from ...

But even with her undoubted prettiness, in Doctor Zhivago she just can't fill the boots of Julie Christie as the heroine Lara. Like Emile Heskey trying to fill the boots of Geoff Hurst.