Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 American biographical war drama film based on the 1952 book of the same name. The book was written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer on his experiences in Tibet between 1939 and 1951 during World War II, the interim period, and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s invasion of Tibet in 1950. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Brad Pitt and David Thewlis, the score was composed by John Williams and features cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
- Starring : Brad Pitt / David Thewlis
- Genre : Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / War
- Country : United States / United Kingdom
- Language : English / German / Mandarin / Tibetan / Hindi
- Director : Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Production : Mandalay Entertainment / Reperage & Vanguard Films / Applecross / Milestone Entertainment
- Distributor : AMLF / Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors / Columbia TriStar Films AB / Constantin Film / Egmont Film / Entertainment Film Distributors / Filmes Lusomundo / Herald Film Company / Lider Films / Nea Kinisi / RCV Film Distribution / Roadshow Entertainment / TriPictures / TriStar Pictures / AXN / Ciné+ / Columbia TriStar Home Video / Gativideo / Nea Kinisi Video / Nordisk Film / RCV Home Entertainment / Roadshow Entertainment Video / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Spectra Nova / The Movie Channel (TMC) / Top Tape
Seven Years in Tibet movie
Seven Years in Tibet release date
- September 13, 1997 : Canada (Toronto International Film Festival) (premiere)
- October 10, 1997 : USA
- November 13, 1997 : Germany
- November 14, 1997 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- November 21, 1997 : UK
- November 21, 1997 : Ireland
- November 26, 1997 : France
- November 27, 1997 : Singapore
- December 4, 1997 : Australia
- December 5, 1997 : Spain
- December 13, 1997 : Japan
- February 27, 1998 : Sweden
- June 26, 2015 : Germany (Munich International Film Festival)
Seven Years in Tibet cast
- Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer
- David Thewlis as Peter Aufschnaiter
- BD Wong as Ngawang Jigme (as B.D. Wong)
- Mako as Kungo Tsarong
- Danny Denzongpa as Regent
- Victor Wong as Chinese ‘Amban’
- Ingeborga Dapkunaite as Ingrid Harrer
- Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk as Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe as Pema Lhaki
- 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
- Ric Young as General Chang Jing Wu
- Ngawang Chojor as Lord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor)
In the story, Austrians Heinrich Harrer (Pitt) and Peter Aufschnaiter (Thewlis) are mountaineering in India in an area that is now Gilgit-Baltistan in Kashmir. When World War II begins in 1939, their German citizenship results in their imprisonment in a prisoner-of-war camp in Dehradun in the Himalayan foothills, in the present-day Indian state of Uttarakhand. In 1944, Harrer and Aufschnaiter escape the prison, and cross the border into Tibet, traversing the treacherous high plateau.
While in Tibet, after initially being ordered to return to India, they are welcomed at the holy city of Lhasa, and become absorbed into an unfamiliar way of life. Harrer is introduced to the 14th Dalai Lama, who is still a boy, and becomes one of his tutors. During their time together, Heinrich becomes a close friend to the young spiritual leader. Harrer and Aufschnaiter stay in the country until the Chinese military campaign in 1950.
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