Seven minutes to witness how Lean conquered the Russian Revolution—snow, politics, and all.
After a short biography of author Boris Pasternak, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Doctor Zhivago (1965).
Production
Lean's maniacal attention to frozen detail—Spain as Russia.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pasternak's novel was smuggled to Italy for publication; the CIA helped distribute it in Soviet Russia.
Lean fought studios to shoot in Spain over Finland—cheaper, but required trucking in literal tons of salt to simulate snow.
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