Which Soviet drama film did this Soviet and Russian actor acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters direct in 1959?
Aleksey Batalov Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov (Russian: Алексе́й Влади́мирович Бата́лов ; 20 November 1928 – 15 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actor acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989.
Doctor Zhivago (film) Doctor Zhivago (Italian: "Il dottor Zivago") is a 1965 British-Italian epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean. It is set in Russia between the years prior to World War I and the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922, and is based on the Boris Pasternak novel of the same name. While immensely popular in the West, the book was banned in the Soviet Union for decades. For this reason, the film could not be made in the Soviet Union and was instead filmed mostly in Spain.