Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

Plot Outline: True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet.

Plot Keywords: Ethnic Cleansing / Massacre / Asia / Militarism / Chinese

Awards: Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations

User Comments: Too long but still worth it.



(Complete credited cast)
Brad Pitt … Heinrich Harrer

David Thewlis … Peter Aufschnaiter
B.D. Wong … Ngawang Jigme

Mako … Kungo Tsarong
Danny Denzongpa … Regent
Victor Wong … Chinese 'Amban'
Ingeborga Dapkunaite … Ingrid Harrer
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk … Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old
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 (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor)

Director : Jean-Jacques Annaud
writer : Heinrich Harrer (book) ,Becky Johnston (screenplay)