A 17th-century mercenary (Michael Caine) and his men find a German haven away from the Thirty Years’ War. And their arrival spells danger for the small Alpine village left untouched during the war.
The movie covers the years prior to, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of poet/physician Yuri Zhivago, who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist’s wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.
During World War II, German Intelligence officer Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates a prostitute’s murder in Warsaw, Poland while suspicion falls on three high-ranking generals.