news news Pasternak 1965 9 min Documentary Using still pictures and newsreel footage, this short film tells the life story of Russian author Boris Pasternak, who was forced by the Russian government to refuse the 1958 Nobel Prize in literature for his novel Dr. Zhivago. watched want to watch oscars IMDb 6.6 director Thomas Craven news ✕ loading… cast David Lean Self (archive footage) Alec Guinness Self (archive footage) Omar Sharif Self (archive footage) Geraldine Chaplin Self (archive footage) Julie Christie Self (archive footage)