re: Doctor Zhivago. The Russians are a morose people

When I was a just a high school kids, back in the nineties, I attended and helped run a conference made up of businessmen, organization leaders, heads of govt agencies. ect.ect.

We asked each of them questions to introduce them to the audience - name, age, postion, and for fun, favorite movie.

99% of these people had Dr. Zhivago as their favorite movie. That made quite an impression on me that this must be a classic film.

Now, I love Lawrence of Arabia & Bridge / River Kwai, but just have never been able to sit and watch all of this film.