Original Dr. Zhivago Movie Posters

Dr. Zhivago movie posters — Dr. Zhivago (1965) — David Lean's epic romance starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, with Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, and Geraldine Chaplin — produced one of the grandest advertising campaigns in the history of the Hollywood road show: a prestige production marketed with roadshow reserved-seat engagements and promotional materials designed to communicate its scope and ambition. Shop for original Dr. Zhivago theatrical materials from the 1965 MGM production and its subsequent re-releases. The advance campaign materials — program booklets, herald cards, and the specially designed foyer displays for roadshow engagements — are among the most elaborate promotional materials in 1960s cinema. The original one-sheet, with Sharif and Christie's faces above the frozen Russian landscape, communicates the film's epic romantic scale in a single image. International variants are particularly strong for this title. British quad posters, French grandes, and Italian 2-fogli all produced independent visual interpretations of the same source material, each reflecting different national traditions of epic film advertising. The Japanese materials for Dr. Zhivago are among the most graphically refined national variants available for any David Lean production. The film's five Academy Awards — including Best Cinematography and Best Original Score by Maurice Jarre — generated awards-season materials that extended its theatrical campaign well into 1966. Fine copies of the original 1965 US one-sheet in original fold are increasingly difficult to source. Browse alongside our David Lean page and Lawrence of Arabia for the epic cinema context. All Film/Art Gallery movie posters and items are authenticated originals.