The inside of the ice palace was mostly made up specifically formed wax. The lady that Zhivago tries to get onto the train after grabbing her baby actually fell under it and was injured. That shot was also used in the film, though we only see her fall down. The film was torn apart by critics when first released. "Newsweek", in particular, made comments about "hack-job sets" and "pallid photography". David Lean was so deeply affected by these criticisms (despite the ...[Read Story ]