Seven Years in Tibet

1997 · directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

Rating

65/100

Hit

no

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Seven Years in Tibet (1997), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, rates 65/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Brad Pitt
• Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
• David Thewlis
• BD Wong
• Mako
• Lhakpa Tsamchoe
• Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
• Duncan Fraser
• Danny Denzongpa
• Victor Wong

Crew

• Robert Fraisse — Director of Photography
• Noëlle Boisson — Editor
• John Williams — Original Music Composer
• Becky Johnston — Screenplay

More from Jean-Jacques Annaud

1. Quest for Fire (1981) — 76/100
2. The Bear (1988) — 74/100
3. Hothead (1979) — 72/100
4. The Name of the Rose (1986) — 71/100
5. Two Brothers (2004) — 71/100
6. Notre-Dame on Fire (2022) — 67/100

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