Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Directed by David Lean
A Moscow doctor and poet is carried by war and revolution from the city to the front and then east to the Urals, where he finds the woman he loves again.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Moscow before the war≈ 00:10:00Moscow, RussiaStated on screen
Medical student Yuri crosses paths with Lara, who is caught up with the lawyer Komarovsky and later shoots him at a Christmas party.
- 2Field hospital at the front≈ 01:10:00Eastern Front, First World WarInferred
As an army doctor Yuri works for months alongside Lara, now a nurse searching for her husband.
- 3Shared family house after the Revolution≈ 01:35:00Moscow, RussiaStated on screen
Yuri comes home to find his house divided among strangers and his poems frowned on.
- 4Varykino estate (fictional)≈ 02:05:00Stated on screenFictional
- 5Library and Lara's flat≈ 02:15:00Yuriatin (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
- 6Partisan camp≈ 02:30:00Ural Mountains, RussiaInferred
- 7Lara's flat≈ 02:50:00Yuriatin (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
- 8Ice palace≈ 02:55:00Varykino estate (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
- 9Tram stop≈ 03:05:00Moscow, RussiaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,927 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 9
- Not shown: 3,321 km
- Train: 1,189 km
- Horse: 247 km
- On foot: 170 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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