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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 · Seven Years in Tibet: Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, BD Wong, Mako. Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian climber, breaks out of prison and travels to the holy city of Lhasa. He is employed as an instructor to the 14th Dalai Lama and soon becomes his close confidante.
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. Read Critics Reviews
While Heinrich Harrer held the rank of a Nazi sergeant in the SS, he was a world renowned mountaineer and on expedition in the Indian Himalayas when he and his group were arrested by British forces at the outbreak of World War II. With his escape to Tibet (where he stayed until 1951) he never saw active combat.
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.
Oct 10, 1997 · Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Seven Years in Tibet'' takes the true story of a bright and powerful young boy who meets a stranger from a different land and buries it inside the equally true but less interesting story of the stranger.
An Austrian mountain climber's escape from a WWII POW camp brings him to Tibet, where he builds a transformative friendship with the young Dalai Lama. Watch trailers & learn more.
