have spend some time in russia from 1973 to 1995 and i be relieve to find that the detail of the everyday life in the soviet union present in the film mostly counteract the stereotypic quality of the harsh interrogator . i find the scene of the interaction among the inhabitant live in the communal apartment to ring the true . the ability of the russian to suffer and celebrate at the kitchen table also seem humanly authentic and prepare me to accept the dr. zhivago story line . i find myself question if i or my wife would give up the comfortable life the family have find at the end for the freedom of one of u separate .