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Jan 01, 1985
140 min
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David Lean: A Life in Film (1985)

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

David Lean

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Ronald Neame

Self

Omar Sharif

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Alec Guinness

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Victor Banerjee

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Steven Spielberg

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Melvyn Bragg

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