Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, France
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
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.
- himalaya mountain range
- buddhism
- buddhist monk
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- mountain
- monsoon
- austria
- tibet
- mountaineer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Brad Pitt
Heinrich Harrer
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old
David Thewlis
Peter Aufschnaiter
BD Wong
Ngawang Jigme
- Mako — Kungo Tsarong
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe — Pema Lhaki
- Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė — Ingrid Harrer
- Duncan Fraser — British Officer
- Danny Denzongpa — Regent
- Victor Wong — Chinese 'Amban'
- Jetsun Pema — Great Mother
- Ama Ashe Dongtse — Tashi
- Sonam Wangchuk — Dalai Lama, 8 Years Old
- Dorjee Tsering — Dalai Lama, 4 Years Old
- Ric Young — General Chang Jing Wu
- Directed
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Written
- Becky Johnston
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 3,190 ratings
- Studio
- Mandalay Entertainment, Reperage, Vanguard Films, Applecross
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