Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 14 mins | Drama, Adventure, Biopic, Period, Adaptation | Released: 10/8/1997 |Box Office Total: $37.9M

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In the autumn of 1939, Heinrich Harrer, the famous Austrian mountaineer, and his countryman Peter Aufschnaiter, set out to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas. The self-centered Harrer, whose sole pre-occupation was the achievement of fame and glory, would experience an emotional awakening on his fantastic journey that would take him from the heights of conquests to the depths of internment in a British prisoner-of-war camp, then from escape and a harrowing two-year trek through the Himalayas to the mysterious Tibetan city of Lhasa. As a stranger in a strange land where few westerners have ever visited, Harrer was befriended by the young Dalai Lama, and was asked to tutor the religious leader in English, geography and the ways of the Western world. He would eventually spend seven years in Tibet, during a period of tremendous political upheaval in that country, graced with friendship and the spiritual enlightenment of the young Dalai Lama.

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Theatrical Release
10/8/1997

Director	Credit
Jean-Jacques Annaud	Director
Eric Valli	Director - Himalayan unit director
Cast	Credit
Brad Pitt	Heinrich Harrer
David Thewlis	Peter Aufschnaiter
B.D. Wong	Ngawang Jigme
Mako	Kungo Tsarong
Danny Denzongpa	Regent
Victor Wong	Chinese
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
Ven Ngawang Chojor	Lord Chamberlain
Duncan Fraser	British Officer
Benedick Blythe	Nazi Official
Tom Raudaschl	Lutz Chicken
Wolfgang Tonninger	Hans Lobenhoffer
Samdup Dhargyal	The Garpon
Chemchok	Garpon's Agent
Ven Tenzin Jangchub	Declaration Monk Official
Major Angphurba Sherpa	Tibetan General
Tsering Wangdue	Burly Guide
Yama Nugdup Cheshatsang	Burly Guide
Kalsang Dhundop Lungtok	Ice-Skates Vendor
Sonam Bidhartsang	Jacket Vendor
Lama Champa Tsondu	Watch Vendor
Geshe Lobsang Nyma	Ling Rinpoche
Geshe Yeshi Tsultrim	Trijang Rinpoche
Lama Champa Chandu	Dalai Lama's Room Attendant
Pemba Norbu Sherpa	Young Sherpa
Karma Apo-Tsang	Messenger to Great Mother
Ven Ngawang Tenzin Gyatso	Jokhang Monk Official
Choeden Tsering	Military Instructor
Lama Jampa Lekshe	Monk Head of Security
Lama Thupten Nugdup	Head of Security's Aide
Daniel Tedeschi	Marchese
Gerardo Ebert	Horst Immendorf
Sebastian Zevalia	Rolf Harrer
Philipp Kriechbaum	Rolf Harrer
Lobsang Gendun Rinpoche	Additional Tibetan Role Player
Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche	Additional Tibetan Role Player
Sharpa Tulku Rinpoche	Additional Tibetan Role Player
Zongra Tulku Rinpoche	Additional Tibetan Role Player
Production Credits	Credit
Richard Goodwin	Executive Producer
Alisa Tager	Associate Producer
Jean-Jacques Annaud	Producer
Michael Besman	Executive Producer
John H. Williams	Producer
Iain Smith	Producer
David Nichols	Executive Producer
Diane Summers	Executive Producer
Catherine Moulin	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mandalay Entertainment Group	Production Company
Vanguard Animation	Production Company
TriStar Pictures	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Cecchi Gori Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
TriStar Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide	Theatrical Distributor
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Nippon Herald Films, Inc	Theatrical Distributor
AMLF	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
TriPictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Neue Constantin Filmproduktion	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Mendoza, Argentina
Canada
Austria
Himalayas, India
Writer	Credit
Becky Johnston	Screenplay
Heinrich Harrer	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Steve Beeson	Production Accountant (1st Unit)
Tarn Harper	Post-Production Accountant
Jack Haddox	Production Auditor
G D Murthi	Production Accountant (1st Unit)
Art Department	Credit
Brigitte Cardinal	Art Department - sculptor (1st Unit)
Jim Erickson	Set Decorator
Victor Zolfo	Assistant Set Decorator (1st Unit)
Clementine Terramorsi	Artistic Advisor - art department researcher (1st Unit)
Wayne Shepherd	Lead Person - leadman (1st Unit)
Maxime Rebiere	Storyboard Artist
Pierre Queffelean	Art Director (1st Unit)
Graciela Oderigo	Assistant Art Director (1st Unit)
At Hoang	Production Designer
George Richardson	Art Director (1st Unit)
Casting	Credit
Priscilla John	Casting
Lucinda Syson	Casting Associate - casting associates (1st Unit)
Pat Pao	Location Casting - Hong Kong casting
Liz Legum	Extras Casting - extras casting coordinator (1st Unit)
Francine Maisler	Casting
Kathy Driscoll-Mohler	Casting Associate - casting associates (1st Unit)
Roy Easdale	Extras Casting (1st Unit)
Stuart Aikins	Casting (1st Unit)
Lucky Englander	Casting (1st Unit)
Fritz Fleischhacker	Casting (1st Unit)
Craft Services	Credit
Mike O'Farrell	Catering - catering coordinator (1st Unit)
G D Bakshi	Catering - catering supervisor (1st Unit)
Film Camera	Credit
David J Appleby	Photography - stills photographer (1st Unit)
Jocelyn Simard	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Martin Kenzie	Camera Operator - 1st unit camera operator (1st Unit)
Pablo Gomez	Video Assist/Playback - video assist (1st Unit)
Robert Fraisse	Director of Photography
Klemens Becker	Steadicam Operator - "B" camera/Steadicam operator
Peter Allwork	Camera Operator - Westcam operator (1st Unit)
Allen Smith	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director & director of photography (2nd Unit)
Francois Daignault	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera/Steadicam (2nd Unit)
Sascha Mieke	Steadicam Operator - "B" camera/Steadicam focus puller (1st Unit)
Rob Parisien	Video Assist/Playback - video assist (1st Unit)
Vincent Jeannot	Camera Operator
Pascale Ferradini	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
David Breashears	Director of Photography - High Himalayan unit director & director of photography
Eddie Arguelles	Video Assist/Playback - video assist (2nd Unit)
Dominique Gentil	Director of Photography
Araceli Segarra	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant cameraman/production manager
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Summit Entertainment, LLC	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Wilhelm Bruckner Ruggeberg	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
John Williams	Music
Phuntsok Namgyal Dhumkhang	Song Performer
John Neufeld	Orchestrations
Dwatshang D Pema	Song - song arranger
Paul Gachter	Music Arranger
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Robin Clarke	Music Editor - source music editor
Ein Grosses Bundesblasorchester mit Chor	Music Performer
Monks of Namgyal Monastere	Song Performer
The Gyuto Monks	Song
Jonathan Enraght-Moony	Music - assistant music editor
Ken Wannberg	Music Editor
Shawn Murphy	Music - music scoring mixer
David Fanshawe	Song
Jeff Charbonneau	Music Editor
Monks of Gyuto Tantric University	Song Performer
The Gyuto Monks	Song Performer
Jill Meyers	Music - music clearances
Yungchen Lhamo	Song
Kurt Weill	Song
David Fanshawe	Song Performer
Claude Debussy	Music
Bertolt Brecht	Song
Yungchen Lhamo	Song Performer
Nawang Khechog	Song
Monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery	Song Performer
Sidney Cooper	Song
Lotte Lenya	Song Performer
Nawang Khechog	Song Performer
Charles Shavers	Song
Nie Er	Song
Nangma	Song Performer
Tommy Dorsey	Song Performer
Tian Han	Song
Production Management	Credit
Laurence Duval Annaud	Script Supervisor - script supervisor/advisor
Mark Egerton	Assistant Director - assistant director/2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Trevor Ingman	Unit Manager (1st Unit)