Dr. Zhivago is one of the best-known love stories of the 20th century, but the setting of the book also made it famous. It is a tale of passion and fear, set against a backdrop of revolution and violence. The film is what most people remember, but the story of the writing of the book has more twists, intrigue and bravery than many a Hollywood blockbuster. In this documentary, Stephen Smith traces the revolutionary beginnings of this bestseller, to it becoming a pawn of the CIA at the height of the Cold War.

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Margarita Mamun, an elite Russian rhythmic gymnast, is struggling to become an Olympic champion. It ...

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A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is tak...

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic exped...

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing s...

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In Russia, in 1907, a rich lenient husband of a loose unfaithful woman is brutally murdered. She and...

March/April 1917. The first world war is already a couple year to pace. A sealed train with Russian ...

1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. ...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: A bet is placed on the outcome of the Trial of the S...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Congress of the "Living Church" / Opening of the hor...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: International Youth Day and demonstrations / All-Rus...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: All-Russian Congress of Trade Unions / Delegations a...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: IV. Congress of the Comintern / Congress of the Prof...

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Arts and crafts exhibition / Actions against hunger ...