The Filming of Doctor Zhivago Curiosity · Duruelo de la Sierra, Pinares, Soria Image of Duruelo de la Sierra, not of the place itself. David Lean filmed sequences of Doctor Zhivago in these landscapes in 1965, and in 2007 the village was a film location again with El rey de la montaña: the Soria sierra played the Russian steppe. Photo: Wamba Wambez (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Duruelo de la Sierra