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The film stars Omar Sharif in the title role as Yuri Zhivago , a married physician and poet whose life is altered by the Russian Revolution and subsequent civil war, and Julie Christie as his lover Lara Antipova. Although immensely popular in the West, Pasternak's book was banned in the Soviet Union for decades. As the film could not be made there, it was instead filmed mostly in Spain.

Contemporary critics were critical of its length at over three hours and claimed that it trivialized history, but acknowledged the intensity of the love story and the film's treatment of human themes. As of [update] , it is the ninth highest-grossing film worldwide after adjusting for inflation. In , it was ranked 39th by the American Film Institute on their Years Yuri Zhivago and Larissa "Lara" Antipova.

Yevgraf believes a young dam worker, Tanya Komarova, may be his niece and explains to her why. After his mother's burial, the orphaned child Yuri, owning only an inherited balalaika , was taken by family friends Alexander and Anna Gromeko to Moscow. In , Zhivago, now a doctor and poet, becomes engaged to the Gromekos' daughter Tonya after her schooling in Paris.

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Lara's friend, the idealistic Pasha Antipov, who wishes to marry her, is wounded by mounted police at a peaceful demonstration. Lara treats Pasha's wound, and hides a gun he picked up. Discovering Lara's relationship with Komarovsky, her mother attempts suicide. Komarovsky attempts to dissuade Lara from marrying Pasha. She refuses and he rapes her.

A traumatised Lara later follows Komarovsky to a party, shoots him in the arm, and is escorted out by Pasha.