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Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet

1997Movie⏱️ 2h 16mPG-13🏆 #2387 Top Rated
AdventureBiographyDramaHistoryWar
7.1
IMDB Rating
165,586 votes

Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber and Nazi supporter, breaks out of a British POW camp in India and treks to the holy city of Lhasa where he's employed as an instructor to the young 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close co...

Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers
Heinrich Harrer, Becky Johnston
Stars
Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong
Release Date
October 10, 1997
Language
English, German, Mandarin, Tibetan, Hindi
Country
United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 8
Nominations
💬 205
Reviews
📋 143K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
as Heinrich Harrer
David Thewlis
David Thewlis
as Peter Aufschnaiter
BD Wong
BD Wong
as Ngawang Jigme
Mako
Mako
as Kungo Tsarong
Danny Denzongpa
Danny Denzongpa
as Regent
Victor Wong
Victor Wong
as Chinese 'Amban'
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Ingeborga Dapkunaite
as Ingrid Harrer
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
as Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old
Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Lhakpa Tsamchoe
as Pema Lhaki
Jetsun Pema
Jetsun Pema
as Great Mother

💰 Box Office

$131,457,682
Worldwide Gross
$37,957,682
Domestic Gross
$10,020,378
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.39 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Production
Mandalay Entertainment, Reperage & Vanguard Films, Applecross

🏷️ Keywords

tibetdalai lamamountainhimalayabased on real person

🎯 Categories

Mountain AdventureAdventureBiographyDramaHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

One Of The Most Unique Adventures Of The Twentieth Century
by bkoganbing2007-03-06
9/10

"Tibet has certainly fascinated people all over the world. The hidden land in the most forbidding place on the planet not at either pole. In its day Lost Horrizon made quite a bit of money for its author James Hilton. But the real story of Heinrich Harrer is better than anything a fictional author could have thought up. Brad Pitt is Harrer in Seven Years In Tibet and this has become my favorite film of his. Heinrich Harrer, a world famous mountain climber and Austrian national hero goes on an expedition in 1939 to conquer an unclimbed peak in the Himalayas. While he's doing his mountain c..."

💡 Did You Know?

Jetsun Pema is the real-life sister of The Dalai Lama. In this film she plays the mother of The Dalai Lama and hence her own mother.

📖 Synopsis

Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber and Nazi supporter, breaks out of a British POW camp in India and treks to the holy city of Lhasa where he's employed as an instructor to the young 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close co...