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Seven Years in Tibet

At the end of the world his real journey began.

1997 · PG-13 · 2h 16m

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

7.2

TMDB audience score
3,256 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • Ngawang Chojor
    Lord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor)

  • Benedick Blythe
    Nazi Official

  • Tom Raudaschl
    Lutz Chicken