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title: "Doctor Zhivago: cast and crew"
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cast: 42
crew: 50
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Doctor Zhivago (1965): cast and crew

42 cast and 50 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Omar Sharif](https://film.one/person/omar-sharif.md) as Dr. Yuri Zhivago
- [Julie Christie](https://film.one/person/julie-christie.md) as Lara Antipova
- [Geraldine Chaplin](https://film.one/person/geraldine-chaplin.md) as Tonya Gromeko
- [Rod Steiger](https://film.one/person/rod-steiger.md) as Viktor Komarovsky
- [Alec Guinness](https://film.one/person/alec-guinness.md) as Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago
- [Tom Courtenay](https://film.one/person/tom-courtenay.md) as Pasha Antipov / Strelnikov
- [Siobhán McKenna](https://film.one/person/siobhan-mckenna.md) as Anna
- [Ralph Richardson](https://film.one/person/ralph-richardson.md) as Alexander Gromeko
- [Rita Tushingham](https://film.one/person/rita-tushingham.md) as The Girl
- [Adrienne Corri](https://film.one/person/adrienne-corri.md) as Amelia
- [Bernard Kay](https://film.one/person/bernard-kay.md) as The Bolshevik
- [Geoffrey Keen](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-keen.md) as Medical Professor
- [Klaus Kinski](https://film.one/person/klaus-kinski.md) as Kostoyed Amourski
- Jeffrey Rockland as Sasha
- Gérard Tichy as Liberius
- Noel Willman as Razin, Liberius' Lieutenant
- Tarek Sharif as Yuri at 8 Years Old
- [Jack MacGowran](https://film.one/person/jack-macgowran.md) as Petya
- Mark Eden as Engineer at dam
- Erik Chitty as Sergei (Old Soldier)
- Roger Maxwell as Beef-Faced Colonel
- Wolf Frees as Delegate
- Gwen Nelson as Female Janitor
- Lucy Westmore as Katya
- Lili Muráti as The Train Jumper
- Peter Madden as Political Officer
- Luana Alcañiz as Mrs. Sventytski (uncredited)
- Emilio Carrer as Mr. Sventytski (uncredited)
- José María Caffarel as Militiaman (uncredited)
- Catherine Ellison as Raped Woman (uncredited)
- Víctor Israel as Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
- [Inigo Jackson](https://film.one/person/inigo-jackson.md) as Major (uncredited)
- Leo Lähteenmäki as Siberian Husband (uncredited)
- [María Martín](https://film.one/person/maria-martin.md) as Gentlewoman (uncredited)
- José Nieto as Priest (uncredited)
- Ricardo Palacios as Extra (uncredited)
- [Ingrid Pitt](https://film.one/person/ingrid-pitt.md) as Extra (uncredited)
- Robert Rietti as Kostoyed (voice) (uncredited)
- Virgílio Teixeira as Captain (uncredited)
- María Vico as Demented Woman (uncredited)
- Pilar Gómez Ferrer as (uncredited)
- [Aldo Sambrell](https://film.one/person/aldo-sambrell.md) as (uncredited)

## Directing

- [David Lean](https://film.one/person/david-lean.md): Director
- José María Ochoa: Assistant Director
- Roy Stevens: Assistant Director
- Michael Stevenson: Second Assistant Director
- Pedro Vidal: Assistant Director
- Barbara Cole : Continuity
- [Roy Rossotti](https://film.one/person/roy-rossotti.md): Second Unit Director

## Writing

- [Robert Bolt](https://film.one/person/robert-bolt.md): Screenplay
- Boris Pasternak: Novel

## Production

- Irene Howard: Casting
- Arvid Griffen: Executive Producer
- [Carlo Ponti](https://film.one/person/carlo-ponti.md): Producer
- Tadeo Villalba: Unit Manager
- John Palmer: Production Supervisor
- Stanley Goldsmith: Production Manager
- Douglas Twiddy: Production Manager
- Agustín Pastor: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Freddie Young](https://film.one/person/freddie-young.md): Director of Photography
- [Alex Thomson](https://film.one/person/alex-thomson.md): Camera Operator
- [Ernest Day](https://film.one/person/ernest-day.md): Camera Operator
- Kenneth J. Withers: Focus Puller
- Manuel Berenguer: Second Unit Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Norman Savage](https://film.one/person/norman-savage.md): Editor
- [John Grover](https://film.one/person/john-grover.md): Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Maurice Jarre](https://film.one/person/maurice-jarre.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor
- William Steinkamp: Sound Designer
- Robert Bain: Additional Soundtrack
- Leo Arnaud: Orchestrator
- Van Allen James: Sound Editor
- Paddy Cunningham: Sound Recordist
- Winston Ryder: Sound Editor

## Art

- Dario Simoni: Set Decoration
- [Terence Marsh](https://film.one/person/terence-marsh.md): Art Direction
- [John Box](https://film.one/person/john-box.md): Production Design
- [Gil Parrondo](https://film.one/person/gil-parrondo.md): Art Direction
- Mickey Lennon: Dressing Prop
- [Ernest Archer](https://film.one/person/ernest-archer.md): Assistant Art Director
- [Roy Walker](https://film.one/person/roy-walker.md): Assistant Art Director
- Gus Walker: Construction Manager
- William Hutchinson: Assistant Art Director
- Fred Bennett: Construction Manager

## Costume and make-up

- [Phyllis Dalton](https://film.one/person/phyllis-dalton.md): Costume Design
- Anna Cristofani: Hairstylist
- Mario Van Riel: Makeup Artist
- Grazia De Rossi: Hairstylist

## Lighting

- Miguel Sancho: Electrician

## Crew

- Eddie Fowlie: Special Effects
- Andrew Mollo: Creative Consultant
- Lee Turner: Second Unit
- Hugh Miller: Dialogue Coach

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