• Director(s)

    David Lean

  • Production Year

    1965

  • Release date

    27/11/2015

  • Genre(s)

    Period Drama, Drama, Romance, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    200m

  • Cast

    Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine Chaplin, Siobhan McKenna, Noel Willman, Geoffrey Keen, Adrienne Corri, Klaus Kinski, Jack Macgowran, Ingrid Pitt

Film

Doctor Zhivago

mild war violence, sex references, mild bad language

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is a romantic drama, set during the Russian revolution, about an affair between a married doctor and a single mother who becomes a muse for his poetry.…

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO is a romantic drama, set during the Russian revolution, about an affair between a married doctor and a single mother who becomes a muse for his poetry.

violence
There is mild battlefield violence which includes scenes in which men fall, having been shot on the battlefield, without any sight of blood. There are occasional aftermath images of fallen soldiers with blood stains on their clothes and one symbolic red blood splash in the snow.
language
There are infrequent uses of mild bad language such as 'bastard' and 'bloody'.
sex
There are several oblique sex references which includes a character being called a 'slut'.
additional issues
There is an implied suggestion of a suicide attempt when a bottle of poison is shown near a woman who has two doctors at her bedside.

  • Director(s)

    David Lean

  • Production Year

    1965

  • Release date

    27/11/2015

  • Genre(s)

    Period Drama, Drama, Romance, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    200m

  • Cast

    Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine Chaplin, Siobhan McKenna, Noel Willman, Geoffrey Keen, Adrienne Corri, Klaus Kinski, Jack Macgowran, Ingrid Pitt

mild war violence, sex references, mild bad language
Classified Date:
17/09/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
violence
There is mild battlefield violence which includes scenes in which men fall, having been shot on the battlefield, without any sight of blood. There are occasional aftermath images of fallen soldiers with blood stains on their clothes and one symbolic red blood splash in the snow.
language
There are infrequent uses of mild bad language such as 'bastard' and 'bloody'.
sex
There are several oblique sex references which includes a character being called a 'slut'.
additional issues
There is an implied suggestion of a suicide attempt when a bottle of poison is shown near a woman who has two doctors at her bedside.
Contains mild war violence, sex references and language
Classified Date:
28/05/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Warner Brothers
violence
The violence comprises of mild battlefield violence and includes scenes in which men fall, having been shot on the battlefield, without any sight of blood. There are occasional aftermath images of fallen soldiers with blood stains on their clothes and one symbolic red blood splash in the snow.
language
There are infrequent uses of mild bad language such as 'bastard' and 'bloody'.
sex
There are severeal oblique sex references which includes a character being called a 'slut'.
additional issues
There is an implied suggestion of a suicide attempt when a bottle of poision is shown near a woman who has two doctors at her bedside.
Classified Date:
25/02/1966
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
MGM Pictures
Contains mild violence and sex references
Classified Date:
10/06/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
violence
Mild battlefield violence includes scenes in which men fall having been shot in battle, without any detail.
sex
Sex references include a scene in which a couple are shown in bed, implying that they have had sex.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bastard', 'bloody'). There is a suicide reference when a bottle of poison is shown on screen.
Classified Date:
11/06/1992
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
31/07/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
MGM/UA Video Ltd
Classified Date:
16/10/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI Films
Classified Date:
02/08/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
13/01/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
19/04/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional Material
Classified Date:
10/07/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    17/09/2015

  • BBFC reference

    CFF033667

  • Language

    English