Traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him, yet he finds himself in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse. Zhivago becomes torn between fidelity and passion. Sympathetic with the Bolshevik revolution, but shaken by the wars and purges, he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism.

Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Special features: Disc 1: Commentary by Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger and Sandra Lean; new commemorative two-part 45th-anniversary retrospective "Doctor Zhivago: a celebration." Disc 2: Hour-long "Doctor Zhivago: the making of a Russian epic" documentary; gallery of vintage featurettes, including press interviews and a Geraldine Chaplin screen test; theatrical trailer.