If you loved Lawrence of Arabia, try Doctor Zhivago
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by David Lean, and they both carry the epic mood tag, and they sit in War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Lawrence of Arabia, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Doctor Zhivago is
Moscow, winter, a balalaika plays. A physician's life unravels, two women, war looming. David Lean frames the Russian Revolution through a poet's eyes.

