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Seven Years in Tibet
Film / 1997

Seven Years in Tibet

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
AdventureDramaHistory

★ 7.2/10Audience rating

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

The story

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Cast

Brad PittHeinrich Harrer Jamyang Jamtsho WangchukDalai Lama, 14 Years Old David ThewlisPeter Aufschnaiter BD WongNgawang Jigme MakoKungo Tsarong Lhakpa TsamchoePema Lhaki Ingeborga DapkūnaitėIngrid Harrer Duncan FraserBritish Officer Danny DenzongpaRegent Victor WongChinese 'Amban' Jetsun PemaGreat Mother Ama Ashe DongtseTashi
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Sonam WangchukDalai Lama, 8 Years Old Dorjee TseringDalai Lama, 4 Years Old Ric YoungGeneral Chang Jing Wu Ngawang ChojorLord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor) Benedick BlytheNazi Official Tom RaudaschlLutz Chicken Wolfgang TonningerHans Lobenhoffer Samdup DhargyalThe Garpon ChemchokGarpon's Agent Tenzin JangchubDeclaration Monk Official (as Ven. Tenzin Jangschub) Angphurba SherpaTibetan General (as Major Angphurba Sherpa) Tsering WangdueBurly Guide Yama Ngudup CheshatsangBurly Guide Kalsang Dhundop LungtokVendor Ice-Skates Sonam BidhartsangJacket Vendor Lama Champa TsonduWatch Vendor Geshe Lobsang NymaLing Rinpoche Geshe Yeshi TsultrimTrijang Rinpoche Lama Champa ChanduDalai Lama's Room Attendant Pemba Norbu SherpaYoung Sherpa Karma Apo-TsangMessenger to Great Mother Ngawang TenzingyatsoJokhang Monk Official (as Ven. Ngawang Tenzin Gyatso) Choeden TseringMilitary Instructor Lama Jampa LeksheMonk Head of Security Lama Thupten NugdupHead of Security's Aide Daniel TedeschiMarchese Gerardo EbertHorst Immerhof Sebastian ZevaliaYounger Rolf Harrer Philipp KriechbaumOlder Rolf Harrer Lobsang Gendun RinpocheTibetan Tenzin Gyaltsen RinpocheTibetan Sharpa Tulku RinpocheTibetan Zongra Tulku RinpocheTibetan

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