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Typically impressive natural vistas from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (some secretly filmed on location in Tibet) highlight this adaptation of the memoir by Heinrich Harrer. Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in .. Read more
| Starring | Mako, Victor Wong, Duncan Fraser, Ingeborga Dapkunaite |
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| Director | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Genres | Drama |
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Typically impressive natural vistas from director Jean-Jacques Annaud (some secretly filmed on location in Tibet) highlight this adaptation of the memoir by Heinrich Harrer. Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in 1939, only to fall into the hands of Allied forces as a prisoner of war. He and a fellow escapee, Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), make their way to the Forbidden City in Tibet, where Peter finds a wife and Heinrich befriends the Western culture-obsessed teenage Dalai Lama (Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), the spiritual leader of his Buddhist nation. As Heinrich waits out the war, his friendship with the Dalai Lama begins to transform him from haughty to humble, but a crisis with China looms. A controversy over the revelation of the real-life Harrer's Nazi Party affiliation brewed during the film's production, forcing Annaud to briefly deal with the subject in the film.~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Mako, Victor Wong, Duncan Fraser, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Benedick Blythe, Ngawang Chojor, Jamyang Wang Chuck, Danny Denzogpa, Brad Pitt, Ama Ashe Dongtse, David Thewlis, Jetsun Pema, B.D. Wong, Lhakpa Ts |
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| Director | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 9 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 10 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1997 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 06 Jan 2012 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 28 Jun 1999 |
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Ace mountaineer Heinrich Harrer (Pitt, inert) leaves wife, unborn child and Austria to take a crack at the unconquered... read more on Time Out
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East meets West
Heinrich Harrer is a self centred man, he is also a national hero for his prowess as a mountaineer, and as such has travelled to the Himalayas to conquer one of... read more »
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truly magnificent
i loved this film. Tibet is so forgotten and the story line is excellent bridging the gap between east and west and war and peace. the acting was superb ... read more »
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Mainly outstanding
Very handsome account of Austrian mountain-climber Heinrich Harrer who basically sat out WWII as one of the very few outsiders allowed into the eponymous ... read more »
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Seven Years In Tibet
For me this film was phenomenal! What a story! For someone who is interested in the ways of Buddhism and the culture; this is definitely a film to watch. Also ... read more »