Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Adventure / Biography / Drama
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Film Synopsis
In the summer of 1939, the Austrian mountineer Heinrich Harrer, the first man to climb the north face of the Eiger, receives money from the Nazis to conquer Nanga Parbat, one of the virgin peaks of the Himalayas. War breaks out and he is taken prisoner by the British on the Indian border. He escapes and his real adventure begins. After a long trek across the country, he arrives at Lhassa, the residence of the young Dalai Lama, with whom he develops a close and meaningful friendship.© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Script: Heinrich Harrer (book), Becky Johnston
- Cinematographer: Robert Fraisse
- Music: John Williams
- Cast: Brad Pitt (Heinrich Harrer), David Thewlis (Peter Aufschnaiter), BD Wong (Ngawang Jigme), Mako (Kungo Tsarong), Danny Denzongpa (Regent), Victor Wong (Chinese 'Amban'), Ingeborga Dapkunaite (Ingrid Harrer), Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk (Dalai Lama), Lhakpa Tsamchoe (Pema Lhaki), Jetsun Pema (Great Mother), Ama Ashe Dongtse (Tashi), Sonam Wangchuk (Dalai Lama, 8 Years Old), Dorjee Tsering (Dalai Lama, 4 Years Old), Ric Young (General Chang Jing Wu), Ngawang Chojor (Lord Chamberlain), Duncan Fraser (British Officer), Benedick Blythe (Nazi Official), Tom Raudaschl (Lutz Chicken), Wolfgang Tonninger (Hans Lobenhoffer), Samdup Dhargyal (The Garpon)
- Country: USA / UK
- Language: English / German / Mandarin / Tibetan / Hindi
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 139 min
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