Zhivago and his small circle of intimates. We meet the young doctor as a med student in pre-World-War-I Moscow, explaining to his superior that he would rather practice than do research ...

When the Moscow refugees, packed into freight cars like cattle, sweep the filthy straw from a moving train towards the camera, there is an instinctive drawing back by the viewer.

The two-time Oscar winner also worked on 'Oliver!,' 'The Princess Bride' and three Kenneth Branagh films and knew the ...