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Doctor Zhivago

1965 · 200 min · Director: David Lean ★ IMDb 7.9 · 88,258 ratings

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The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

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Doctor Zhivago (1965) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Love 25%, Empathy 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Love25%
  2. Awe10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Love, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Love and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sadness
Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then rises around 78 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 5′Curiosity52 %30 %22 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 15′Sadness48 %31 %20 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity44 %18 %30 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 35′Tension46 %9 %41 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 45′Love44 %11 %39 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 55′Tension50 %18 %44 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 65′Disturbing66 %30 %59 %49 %
37.5 %≈ 75′Tension68 %40 %58 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 85′Love60 %39 %49 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 95′Tension57 %31 %51 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 105′Tension61 %36 %54 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 115′Sadness69 %48 %57 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 125′Tension65 %38 %54 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 135′Love50 %20 %35 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 145′Curiosity51 %23 %40 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 155′Tension69 %40 %64 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 165′Love73 %44 %68 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 175′Tension70 %43 %65 %36 %
92.5 %≈ 185′Sadness79 %63 %60 %54 %
97.5 %≈ 195′Sadness85 %78 %45 %60 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Julie Christie

Lara Antipova

Geraldine Chaplin

Tonya Gromeko

Rod Steiger

Viktor Komarovsky

Tom Courtenay

Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov

SM
Siobhán McKenna

BK
Bernard Kay

The Bolshevik

Geoffrey Keen

Medical Professor

Klaus Kinski

Kostoyed Amourski

JR
Jeffrey Rockland

Sasha

GT
Gérard Tichy

Liberius

NW
Noel Willman

Razin, Liberius' Lieutenant

TS
Tarek Sharif

Yuri at 8 Years Old

JM
Jack MacGowran

Petya

ME
Mark Eden

Engineer at dam

EC
Erik Chitty

Sergei (Old Soldier)

Details

Directed by
David Lean
Written by
Robert Bolt, Boris Pasternak
Type
Movies
Released
1965
Runtime
200 min
Country
Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.9 · 88,258 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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