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📅 1997 ⏱ 2h 16min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

Seven Years in Tibet

"At the end of the world his real journey began."

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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.

🎬 DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud

📅 Release1997-09-12

🌍 CountryUnited States of America, France

🗣 LanguageHindi, German, Mandarin, English

🏢 StudioMandalay Entertainment, Reperage, Vanguard Films

🗳 Votes3,087

🔥 Popularity5

💰 Budget$70,000,000

💵 Revenue$131,457,682

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🎭 Cast

Brad Pitt

Heinrich Harrer

Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk

Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old

David Thewlis

Peter Aufschnaiter

BD Wong

Ngawang Jigme

Mako

Kungo Tsarong

Lhakpa Tsamchoe

Pema Lhaki

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

Ingrid Harrer

Duncan Fraser

British Officer

Danny Denzongpa

Regent

Victor Wong

Chinese 'Amban'

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

🎥 Crew

Casting Priscilla John

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud

Producer Iain Smith

Director of Photography Robert Fraisse

Editor Noëlle Boisson

Screenplay Becky Johnston

Casting Francine Maisler

Novel Heinrich Harrer

Costume Design Enrico Sabbatini

Original Music Composer John Williams

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🏷 Keywords

himalaya mountain rangebuddhismbuddhist monkworld war iiprisoner of warmountainmonsoonaustriatibetmountaineerlhasawedding

💬 Reviews

Wuchak ⭐ 7/10

_**Twelve years in the Tibet area, 1939-1951**_ “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997) is a biographical historical drama about Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) and his time in Tibet and friendship with the Dalai Lama, a boy, just before & during WW2, as well as the build-up to the invasion of Tibet in 1950 by Communist Chinese forces and the immediate aftermath. David Thewlis is on …

CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10

Brad Pitt is acclaimed Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer who leaves his expectant wife to climb in the Himalayas. A couple of high-altitude mishaps and the commencement of WWII see him and colleague Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis) interred by the British and confined to a POW camp. After a few failed attempts, the pair manage to escape and after some perilous trekking through the hostile wil…