Film review The only thing I like on TV is watching movies based on classical literature or historical events. But I primarily prefer to read the book and then watch a film, because in this case I can compare them and figure out the blemishes and merits. So my today’s review is devoted to the serial “Doctor Zhivago” (2002). This British television miniseries is directed by Giacomo Campiotti where take part such famous actors as Hans Matheson, Keira Knightley and Sam Neill. It’s the adaptation of the Russian novel with the same title by Boris Pasternak. This story is about love and people’s hopes in the background of dramatic events of the Russian revolution and World War1. The main issue of this story is to keep your personality while trying to survive and to respond to all tragical contingencies. The main character Yuri Zhivago is orphaned at young age, and his uncle brought him to Moscow, where he studied medicine while living with his uncle's family. Once at a New Year's ball, suddenly Yuri heard the hoots of a shooting. Then he heard the tumult of screaming people. At that evening he became witness of an assassinate’s attempt on a famous lawyer named Victor Komarovksy. As it turned out the shooter was Lara Gishar. Lara and Victor were lovers but at the same time Lara hated him because of his vanity and demonic nature. Komarovksy tricked people and behaved badly with them. After the shooting when Yuri Zhivago saw Lara’s courage and charismatic personality he realized that he fell in love with her. It was like an explosion in his mind. But at that period of his life he had to forget about this girl because he was going to marry his uncle’s daughter. And they got married later. As for Lara she left Komarovskiy and married to her friend Pavel Antipov and after that they moved to Ural. At the beginning of World War1, Doctor Zhivago went to the front, leaving his wife and children in Moscow. He was unaware that many years later Lara would touch his life again, changing it forever. Yuri Zhivago was a fine doctor, not to mention his poetic talent. During all his life he wrote poems where he described his feelings and emotions. His poems became the herald of substantial events of his life. His personal drama led in the fact that he loved two women and couldn’t make a choice. Making a deduction I’d like to add that under difficult war conditions and some powerful people’s pressure Yuri Zhivago stayed true to himself and kept human kindness and decency.