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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.
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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. Read Critics Reviews
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- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- PG-13
- Brad Pitt
Parenti rebukes Harrer's sanitized portrayal of Tibet and instead describes it as a feudal society consisting of slavery, lifelong servitude, and serfdom before being liberated by the PLA. Publication. Seven Years in Tibet was translated into 53 languages, became a bestseller in the United States in 1954, and sold three million copies.
- Heinrich Harrer
- 1952
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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.
