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Doctor Zhivago ()

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The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
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  • Won 5 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 13 nominations.
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Yuri
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Lara
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Tonya
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Komarovsky
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Yevgraf
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Pasha
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Anna
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Alexander
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The Girl
Jeffrey Rockland ...
Sasha
Tarek Sharif ...
Yuri at 8 Years Old
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The Bolshevik
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Kostoyed
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Liberius (as Gerard Tichy)
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Razin
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Medical Professor
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Amelia
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Petya
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Engineer at Dam
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Old Soldier
Roger Maxwell ...
Beef-Faced Colonel
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Delegate
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Female Janitor
Lucy Westmore ...
Katya
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The Train Jumper (as Lili Murati)
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Political Officer
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Mrs. Sventytski (uncredited)
David Areu ...
Oficial (uncredited)
Assad Bahador ...
Colonel of Dragoons (uncredited)
Agustín Bescos ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Militiaman (uncredited)
Emilio Carrer ...
Mr. Sventytski (uncredited)
Pamella Carrington-Coutte ...
1st Tonya Age 7 (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell ...
Servant (uncredited)
Catherine Ellison ...
Raped Woman (uncredited)
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Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
Inigo Jackson ...
Major (uncredited)
Gerhard Jersch ...
David (uncredited)
Jari Jolkkonen ...
Siberian Boy (uncredited)
Leo Lähteenmäki ...
Siberian Husband (uncredited)
Álvaro Marenco ...
Militiaman (uncredited)
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Gentlewoman (uncredited)
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Priest (uncredited)
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Extra (uncredited)
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Kostoyed (uncredited) (voice)
Luis Rodríguez ...
Man In Train (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
Mercedes Ruiz ...
Tonya at 7 (uncredited)
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Captain (uncredited)
Brigitte Trace ...
Streetwalker (uncredited)
María Vico ...
Demented Woman (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Lean

Written by

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Boris Pasternak ... (from the novel by)
 
Robert Bolt ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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Arvid Griffen ... executive producer
Carlo Ponti ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Maurice Jarre ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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Freddie Young ... director of photography

Editing by

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Norman Savage

Editorial Department

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John Grover ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Irene Howard ... (uncredited)

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John Box

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Terence Marsh

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Dario Simoni

Costume Design by

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Phyllis Dalton

Makeup Department

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Anna Cristofani ... hair stylist (as Anna Christofani)
Grazia De Rossi ... hair stylist (as Gracia de Rossi)
Mario Van Riel ... makeup artist (as Mario van Riel)
Leonard ... hair & wig adviser (uncredited)
Jane Royle ... assistant make-up (uncredited)
Julián Ruiz ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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John Palmer ... production supervisor
Agustín Pastor ... production manager (as Agustin Pastor)
Douglas Twiddy ... production manager
Stanley Goldsmith ... production manager (uncredited)
Tadeo Villalba ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Roy Rossotti ... second unit director
Roy Stevens ... assistant director
Pedro Vidal ... assistant director
Peter Beale ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Joe Marks ... second assistant director (uncredited)
José María Ochoa ... assistant director (uncredited)
Michael Stevenson ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Ernest Archer ... assistant art director
Fred Bennett ... construction
Dave Coldham ... Plaster crew
William Hutchinson ... assistant art director (as Bill Hutchinson)
Howard Terpning ... poster artist
Gus Walker ... construction
Roy Walker ... assistant art director
José María Alarcón ... assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Luis Esquinas Sanchez ... carpenter (uncredited)
Benjamín Fernández ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Fernando González ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Tim Hutchinson ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Tom Jung ... poster designer (uncredited)
Mickey Lennon ... chargehand dressing prop: Spain (uncredited)
Julián Martín ... painter (uncredited)
Mickey O'Toole ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Gil Parrondo ... associate art director (uncredited)
George Richardson ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Emilio Ruiz del Río ... scenic artist (uncredited)
Wallis Smith ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Jacinto Soria ... plasterer (uncredited)
Bill Welch ... construction manager (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Paddy Cunningham ... sound recordist
Winston Ryder ... sound editor
Van Allen James ... sound editor (uncredited)
Franklin Milton ... sound re-recordist (uncredited)
William Steinkamp ... sound re-recordist (uncredited)
A.W. Watkins ... supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Eddie Fowlie ... special effects
Antonio Parra ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Fernando Pérez ... special effects (uncredited)
Pablo Pérez ... special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Gerald Larn ... matte painter (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Manuel Berenguer ... photographer: second unit
Ernest Day ... camera operator
Miguel Sancho ... chief electrician
Anthony Busbridge ... focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
John Crawford ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Kenneth Danvers ... still photographer (uncredited)
Jim Dawes ... grip (uncredited)
Federico G. Grau ... still photographer (uncredited)
Jim Kane ... grip (uncredited)
John Kerley ... clapper loader: second unit (uncredited)
Dennis C. Lewiston ... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Anthony B. Richmond ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Nicolas Roeg ... cinematographer: some scenes (uncredited)
Alex Thomson ... camera operator (uncredited)
Kenneth J. Withers ... focus puller (uncredited)
Ted Worringham ... camera maintenance (uncredited)

Music Department

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Maurice Jarre ... conductor: original music
Leo Arnaud ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Bain ... musician: balalaika (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Maurice Jarre ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Ethmer Roten ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... singer (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Barbara Cole ... continuity
Lee Turner ... continuity: second unit (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Hugh Miller ... dialogue coach
Andrew Mollo ... consultant (uncredited)
Julián Benito Navarro ... equine consultant (uncredited)
Maciek Piotrowski ... title backgrounds (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

During the Russian Revolution, Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is a young doctor who has been raised by his aunt and uncle following his father's suicide. Yuri falls in love with beautiful Lara Guishar (Julie Christie), who has been having an affair with her mother's lover, Victor Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), an unscrupulous businessman. Yuri, however, ends up marrying his cousin, Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). But when he and Lara meet again years later, the spark of love reignites. Written by Jwelch5742

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Also Known As
  • Il dottor Zivago (Italy)
  • David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago (United Kingdom)
  • Zimtor the Unspongeable. (India, English title)
  • Le docteur Jivago (France)
  • Doktor Schiwago (Germany)
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Runtime
  • 197 min
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Box Office

Budget $11,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $10,475,427

Did You Know?

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Trivia This movie wasn't shown in Russia until 1994. See more »
Goofs The little girl who plays Tonya at Yuri's mother's funeral starts to cross herself in the Roman Catholic manner, but quickly corrects herself and finishes in the Russian Orthodox style. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Prelude in G minor, Op.23-5 See more »
Quotes Komarovski: Lara, I am determined to save you from a dreadful error. There are two kinds of men, and only two, and that young man is one kind. He is high-minded. He is pure. He is the kind of man that the world pretends to look up to and in fact despises. He is the kind of man who breeds unhappiness; particularly in women. Now, do you understand?
Lara: No.
Komarovski: I think you do. There's another kind. Not high-minded. Not pure. But alive. Now that your taste at this time should incline towards the juvenile is understandable. But for you to marry that boy would be a disaster. Because there's two kinds of women...
[Lara covers her ears, he forces her arms down]
Komarovski: There are two kinds of women and you - as we well know - are not the first kind.
[Lara slaps him, he slaps her back]
Komarovski: You, my dear, are a slut.
Lara: I am not!
Komarovski: We'll see.
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