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Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Production Credits

 Production Company:

Carlo Ponti and David Lean

Executive Producer:

Arvid L. Griffen

Producer:

Carlo Ponti

Director:

David Lean

Assistant Director:

Roy Stevens and Pedro Vidal

Screenplay:

Robert Bolt

Based on the novel by:

Boris Pasternak

Photography:

Freddie Young (70mm Panavision)

Production Designer:

John Box

Art Director:

Terence Marsh

Set Decorator:

Dario Simoni

Special Effects:

Eddie Fowlie

Costume Design:

Phyllis Dalton

Editor:

Norman Savage

Music:

Maurice Jarre

Running Time:

193 minutes--17,396 ft.

Distribution:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Released:

22 December, 1965 (US)

April, 1966 (Great Britain)

Cast Credits

Yuri Zhivago:

Omar Sharif

Komarovsky:

Rod Steiger

Lara:

Julie Christie

Pasha/Strelnikov:

Tom Courtney

Alexander Gromeko:

Ralph Richardson

General Yevgrav Zhivago:

Alec Guiness

Tonya Gromeko Zhivago:

Geraldine Chaplin

Film Facts


Approximately three years in production. Filming began on 28 December, 1964 and ended on 7 October, 1965. Filmed on location in Spain, Finland, and Canada. In Spain, Lean took over a whole Madrid studio and built the streets of Moscow on a ten-acre set in a suburb of Canillas. The winter sequences were filmed in Finland.

Academy Awards:
Best Screenplay
Best Color Art Direction
Best Color Photography
Best Color Costume Design
Best Music
Best Picture (nomination)
Best Director (nomination)
Best Film Editing (nomination)
Best Sound (nomination)
Best Supporting Actor-Courtney (nom.)

British Film Academy Awards
Best British Actor, Richardson (nom.)
Best British Actress, Christie (nom.)
Best Film from any Source

Golden Globes
Best Production-Drama
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor (Sharif)
Best Cinematography-Color

Cannes Film Festival
Golden Palm (nominated)