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Doctor Zhivago
1965
· Movie
· 197 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #849
- IMDb #462
- Google retired #452
- Rotten Tomatoes #1098
- Metacritic #1200
- Letterboxd #629
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1891
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #780
- Metacritic Critics #1583
- Metacritic Audience #693
- Criticker #401
- Kinopoisk #2173
- AlloCiné #669
- Trakt #1386
Every rating
66–94
out of 100
A Russian physician and poet experiences the turmoil of the Russian Revolution and subsequent Civil War. His life is upended by the seismic historical events, which tear apart his family and his country. He is torn between his love for his wife and his passionate connection with another woman, a relationship that unfolds against the backdrop of war and political upheaval.
Details
- Director
- David Lean
- Writer
- Robert Bolt
- Based on
- Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
- Released
- 22 December 1965
- Country
- Italy, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Russian, French
- Runtime
- 197 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $111.9M
- Awards
- 20 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 35 →11 major awards won · 20 wins from 35 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1965 | Best Cinematography – Color | Freddie Young | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1965 | Best Costume Design – Color | Phyllis Dalton | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1965 | Best Music Score – Substantially Original | Maurice Jarre | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1965 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Robert Bolt | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1965 | Best Art Direction – Color | Art Direction: John Box and Terence Marsh ; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1965 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Omar Sharif | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1965 | Best Director – Motion Picture | David Lean | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1965 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner |
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Academy Awards
10 nominations, 5 won
| Best Art Direction – Color | Art Direction: John Box and Terence Marsh ; Set Decoration: Dario Simoni | Winner |
| Best Cinematography – Color | Freddie Young | Winner |
| Best Costume Design – Color | Phyllis Dalton | Winner |
| Best Music Score – Substantially Original | Maurice Jarre | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Robert Bolt | Winner |
| Best Director | David Lean | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Norman Savage | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Carlo Ponti | Nominee |
| Best Sound | A. W. Watkins and Franklin Milton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Courtenay | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Omar Sharif | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | David Lean | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Maurice Jarre | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Robert Bolt | Winner |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Geraldine Chaplin | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre | Winner |
| Album of the Year | Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
| Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz) | Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | David Lean | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Julie Christie | Winner |
| Best Foreign Director | David Lean | Winner |
| Best Foreign Production | David Lean | Winner |
Laurel Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Top Drama | Winner | |
| Top Male Dramatic Performance | Omar Sharif | Nominee |
| Top Male Supporting Performance | Tom Courtenay | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Freddie Young | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Julie Christie (also for Darling ) | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite All-Time Motion Picture Song | " Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme) " | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best British Actor | Ralph Richardson (also for Khartoum and The Wrong Box ) | Nominee |
| Best British Actress | Julie Christie (also for Fahrenheit 451 ) | Nominee |
| Best Film from any Source | David Lean | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | David Lean | Nominee |