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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

Production
Mandalay Entertainment (presents); Reperage & Vanguard Films(as Reperage and Vanguard Films); Applecross;

Cast Names
Victor A. Haddox; Brad Pitt; David Thewlis; B.D. Wong; Mako; Danny Denzongpa; Victor Wong; Ingeborga Dapkunaite; Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk; Lhakpa Tsamchoe; Jetsun Pema; Ama Ashe Dongtse; Sonam Wangchuk; Dorjee Tsering; Ric Young; Ngawang Chojor; Duncan Fraser; Benedick Blythe; Tom Raudaschl; Wolfgang Tonninger; Samdup Dhargyal; Chemchok; Tenzin Jangchub; Angphurba Sherpa; Tsering Wangdue; Yama Ngudup Cheshatsang; Kalsang Dhundop Lungtok; Sonam Bidhartsang; Lama Champa Tsondu; Geshe Lobsang Nyma;

Box Office
USD 37,901,509

Release Date
1997-10-08

Genres
Adventure; Biography; Drama; History; War;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG-13 for some violent sequences.

Running Time
2 hr. 16 min.

Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud

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