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Auction: 24013 - Original Vintage Film Posters
Lot: 39

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Original US poster, roadshow style C
Artist: Featuring art by Maciek Piotrowski (1907–1992)

Unframed: 41 x 27 in. (104 x 69 cm)

Linen backed

Maciek Piotrowski was commissioned to create nine posters of the leading characters in the film. This roadshow, style C poster incorporates all nine character images in the one piece.

This epic romantic drama was directed by David Lean, and was based on Boris Pasternak's 1957 novel of the same name. The cast includes Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Ralph Richardson, Siobhán McKenna and Rita Tushingham. The film is mainly set against a backdrop of World War I, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is a married doctor, whose life is changed as a result of the hardship of war. His love for Lara Antipova (Julia Christie) is reignited when they meet years after their first encounter.

Excellent condition, colours remaining very bright, very minor restoration to folds.

Material of piece: Paper, backed on linen


literature: Cinema Posters of the 20th Century, Suntory Museum, Osaka, 2001, p. 54

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