“In bourgeois terms it was a war between the Allies and Germany. In...” – Yevgraf Zhivago, Doctor Zhivago ... Movie Quotes Database

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In bourgeois terms it was a war between the Allies and Germany. In Bolshevik terms it was a war between the Allied and German upper classes - and which of them won was a matter of indifference.

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