Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Rating: 7.2/10
Duration: 136 min
Genres: Drama, Adventure, History,
Director(s): Jean-Jacques Annaud,
Description:
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
- David Thewlis as Peter Aufschnaiter
- Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer
- Mako as Kungo Tsarong
- Duncan Fraser as British Officer
- BD Wong as Ngawang Jigme
- Victor Wong Chi-Keung as Chinese 'Amban'
- Ric Young as General Chang Jing Wu
- Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė as Ingrid Harrer
- Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk as Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe as Pema Lhaki
- Danny Denzongpa as Regent
- Jetsun Pema as Great Mother
- Ama Ashe Dongtse as Tashi
- Sonam Wangchuk as Dalai Lama, 8 Years Old
- Dorjee Tsering as Dalai Lama, 4 Years Old