Dr.Zhivago - Last scene

[topolinovagabondo]

bravo omar

[meers5]

Most*

[meers5]

The must annoying ending in movie history.

[mamc1986]

@meers5 I'm like, "What's gonna happen to their daughter!"

[mosihasteen]

@meers5 No, I could think of a few more annoying ones - this isn't the ending either, its when their daughter, unaware of who her parents even are is being questioned by Alec Guiness (Obi Wan Kenobi to you kids) . This is the most heartbreaking scene in film I would say, for a few reasons, his dying in the street while attempting to see his true love one last time being the most obvious, but also because of the symbolic death of Russia's pre-revolution professional class whom he represents.

[robsargent4]

@mosihasteen 1 or 2 of us have seen the bridge over the river kwai, the ladykillers & lawrence of arabia, as well as dr zhivago of course. Also malta story. Anyway, I agree about the real ending: I think it's the best film scene I've ever seen.

[jradetzky]

was that woman really Lara or just a lookalike?

[shimjm]

@jradetzky really Lara. may be......

[penguinejb]

@jradetzky its definitely lara

[LordZorak11]

@jradetzky When i 1st saw the movie i thought it was his imagination but according to the mini-series she is Lara and his son is with her too.

[canamwing]

Two things in life you should never chase. Women and buses. You always get left behind.

[nickhubbardtube]

The first few minutes of this are on page 401 of the Collins edition of Pasternak's 'Doctor Zhivago'. It's not word for word but very close to the original text. In the book Zhivago refuses to go with them and he and Komorovsky conspire to make Lara believe he will follow, but never does. In the book the lady walking past the tram is not Lara. Still the greatest love story ever.

[gymrachel]

tragic love story

[petulia67]

This is not the final scene with Rita Tushingham.

[slobomotion]

I recommend the song BLIND by Band of Susans. I know it seems strange, the connection, but I really fear it here. "I see you as you walk away." Read the book, people, this is marvelous, and study up on Bulgakhov, whom I believe was Pasternak's inspiration for this story. Be good to your women, faithful. Women, stay as faithful to your men as can be. It matters!

[SuperHeroMania]

So Zhivago never met with his wife Tonya again? I don't get what happened between them

[brontewcat]

@SuperHeroMania I think Tonya and their son escaped the Soviet Union and became Russian emigres. Yuri couldn't escape.

Incidently I think it is pretty clear he loved both women. His love for Lara was more romantic ansd passionate, but his love for Tonya maybe more of a long term companion, but real nonetheless. I suspect that for a lasting marriage the type of love he had for Tonya would be more self sustaining for a 60 year relastionship - passion does not last that long.

[SuperHeroMania]

@brontewcat Thanks for that

[mamc1986]

@brontewcat Either way he pretty much blew it with Tonya!!!!

In the book, she ends up finding someone else in exhile and he ends up going back to Moscow and has two children with his landloard's daughter.

[brontewcat]

@mamc1986 My parents had the book for years. I have kept it meaning to read it (along with many others). I certainly will read it one day.

[sashayakovleva]

This is not good, she has her make up on, he is shaved, they don't look like hungry tiredand poor people in a war time. American version is about to show the pretty picture not the reality, scared to show reality. Mayby its because of the year the movie had been made, different rules and standarts.

[plumeria66]

Great actor but Omar doesn't look Russian enough for this movie.

[phillipgaley]

@plumeria66 Russia is a vast geographical landscape with diverse peoples; maybe Omar Sherif doesn't look stereotypically slavic, . . .

[plumeria66]

@phillipgaley

There is no stereotypical Slavic. 

[phillipgaley]

@plumeria66 While "There is no stereotypical Slavic.", there is the stereotypical slav, just as there is the stereotypical Greek, the stereotypical flip, the stereotypical American, Mexican, Indian, German, and so forth, . . .

[plumeria66]

@phillipgaley

You might not have been around Slavs very much. I have. Russians have told me Omar Sharif looks nothing like a "white" Russian. Case closed.

[plumeria66]

Incidentally, pls do not impose your American PC propaganda on the rest of the world. It is unwelcome. Is there a stereotypical Chinese person? Yes or no? What about a stereotypical pygmy person? We are talking about looks....not politics. What are you, the PC Gestapo here?

[RunLikeAFox]

@plumeria66 Make up your mind. First you say he doesn't look Russian enough, then you say there is no stereotypical Slavic, and then you say that Russians told you he doesn't look like a stereotype. Trolls like you should keep their stories straight, at the very least, before they go around slinging insults.

With that said, thank you shimjim for uploading these clips. It is comical how much more intelligent Rod Steiger sounds in this version than Sam Neill does in the new version.

[plumeria66]

@RunLikeAFox

You don't understand my argument....never mind. Boring conversation with you.

[jradetzky]

@phillipgaley ... and the stereotypical ass hole of course

[phillipgaley]

@jradetzky As one example, in my father's household, we were so informed as to never use the word formed by "f", "a", "r", "t". So, yes, I would never have thoughts to express in that way, . . .

[mamc1986]

@phillipgaley Because he's from Egypt. He's Egyptian!

[phillipgaley]

@mamc1986 That's nice, and more lately, by the looks of things, Egypt is a damn good place to be from, . . . far from, . . . far, far away from, . . .

[mamc1986]

@plumeria66 I think he did a good job anyways. He's easy on the eyes, there is no doubt about it!

[BriefEncounter1987]

i pray everytime i see the end to this film that somehow he'll manage to get off the tram and see her one last time....but he doesnt....and so it breaks my heart every time :( x

[phillipgaley]

@BriefEncounter1987 Don't fret over it—it's just the author's rendition reflective of the dismal Russian outlook on life—the long cold winters, the evil administrative domination, and little or no help from religion, . . .

[phillipgaley]

@BriefEncounter1987 And, I would say, do not so easily yield to the caprice of mere script writers, . . .

[anddrewful]

The book is much better for anyone who can read literature.

[Woffle21jade]

So tragic.

[coralarch]

Is Katya the child of Pasha, or Komarovsky??

[AnitaRuza]

@coralarch  Katya is Pasha's child

[coralarch]

@AnitaRuza Thanks! I had wondered if Katya had been conceived as a result of Komarovsky's rape, and this may have been why Komarovsky  develops a heart and conscience at the end tries to save her and Lara.

[mamc1986]

@coralarch Pasha!!!!

[HimynameisLM]

Thank God for Youtube! I recorded this baby and watched it for three hours and the recording ended right before this scene. That would've been the biggest waste of three hours of my life!

[bilalaliraqi]

that scene is really heartbreaking

[bilalaliraqi]

god ,,i like her so much,,she used to be most beatiful woman at that time,,she got alot of beauty<<and omar sherif also...we miss movies like those

[dj6927]

I watched this just the other day. These movies were so powerful. I wish I could see the credits again. When they first ride up to the house, the background looks like home so bad. Then the credits say that the train scenes were filmed in Canada.

I wonder where in Canada? I had to see what the movie was like because I still have my moms record that she played over and over and "sang" to as the vaccuum cleaner screamed. Good memory.

[gordonw01]

That scene he runs upstairs to desperately get one last look at Lara is heartbreaking.

And the desperation when he thinks he's spotted her on the Tram..if your heart is not bleeding for him at that point then you don't have one.

[who3697cares]

This isn't really the ending scene. In fact, these are two different scenes put next to each other. However, these are probably the two best scenes in the movie, so I won't really complain.

[Etherdave]

As was stated earlier, the Private Life is dead. But this is not the Last Scene...

[xXAlfonssoXx]

Wow i hate the ending..