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Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 American biographical war drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is based on Austrian mountaineer and Schutzstaffel (SS) sergeant Heinrich Harrer 's 1952 memoir of the same name, about his experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951.
Oct 10, 1997 · A biographical adventure drama based on the book by Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber who befriends the Dalai Lama in Tibet. IMDb provides cast and crew details, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
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- Adventure, Biography, Drama
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1997-10-10
Seven Years in Tibet tells its fascinating true-life story with a certain stolid grace, even if it never quite comes to life the way it could. An egocentric Austrian mountaineer (Brad Pitt...
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- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- PG-13
- Brad Pitt
Oct 10, 1997 · A movie about the true story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who spent seven years in Tibet with the Dalai Lama. The review praises the film's beauty and ambition, but criticizes its focus on the adventures of the traveler rather than his discoveries.
Plot. The book covers the escape of Harrer and his companion, Peter Aufschnaiter, from a British internment camp in India. [1] Harrer and Aufschnaiter then traveled across Tibet to Lhasa, the capital. Here they spent several years, and Harrer describes the contemporary Tibetan culture in detail.
- Heinrich Harrer
- 1952
A biographical film based on the book by Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber who escaped from a POW camp and became a friend of the Dalai Lama in Tibet. The film depicts his adventures, his transformation, and his witness of the Chinese invasion of Tibet.
