David Lean brought together a strong group of performers, and along with Maurice Jarre’s striking music and some beautiful camera work from Freddie Young, he does a commendable job adapting Pasternak's long story about "Yuri"—a Russian doctor played by Omar Sharif. Alec Guinness portrays a General who serves as the storyteller—using the very earnest Rita Tushingham to trigger the memories—and we slowly learn that thi…