Seven years in Tibet

Resource Information

The work Seven years in Tibet represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Seven years in Tibet

Statement of responsibility

Mandalay Entertainment presents a Reperage and Vanguard Films/Applecross production ; produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud ; produced by John H. Williams, Iain Smith ; screenplay by Becky Johnston ; directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud ; executive producers, Richard Goodwin, Michael Besman, David Nichols

Title variation

7 years in Tibet

Contributor

• Wong, Victor
• Applecross (Firm)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
• Mandalay Entertainment (Firm)
• Repérage (Firm)
• Vanguard Films (Los Angeles, Calif.)
• Annaud, Jean-Jacques
• Besman, Michael
• Boisson, Noelle
• Dapkunaitė, Ingeborga
• Denzongpa, Danny, 1948-
• Fraisse, Robert, 1940-
• Goodwin, Richard B., 1934-
• Harrer, Heinrich, 1912-2006
• Hoang, At
• Jetsun Pema, 1940-
• John, Priscilla
• Johnston, Becky, 1955-
• Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-
• Maisler, Francine
• Mako, 1933-2006
• Nichols, David, 1956-
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Sabbatini, Enrico
• Smith, Iain, 1949-
• Thewlis, David, 1963-
• Tsamchoe, Lhakpa
• Wangchuk, Jamyang Jamtsho
• Williams, John H
• Williams, John, 1932-
• Wong, B. D

Actor

• Denzongpa, Danny, 1948-
• Thewlis, David, 1963-
• Wangchuk, Jamyang Jamtsho
• Jetsun Pema, 1940-
• Tsamchoe, Lhakpa
• Dapkunaitė, Ingeborga
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Wong, B. D
• Wong, Victor
• Mako, 1933-2006

Bibliographic antecedent

• Harrer, Heinrich, 1912-2006

Screenwriter

• Johnston, Becky, 1955-

Composer

• Williams, John, 1932-

Cinematographer

• Fraisse, Robert, 1940-

Costume designer

• Sabbatini, Enrico

Director

• Annaud, Jean-Jacques

Designer

• Hoang, At

Film editor

• Boisson, Noelle

Instrumentalist

• Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-

Producer

• Smith, Iain, 1949-
• Williams, John H
• Annaud, Jean-Jacques
• Goodwin, Richard B., 1934-
• Besman, Michael
• Nichols, David, 1956-

Subject

• Germans -- China | Tibet Autonomous Region -- Drama
• Harrer, Heinrich, 1912-2006
• Harrer, Heinrich, 1912-2006 -- Drama
• Historical films
• Historical films
• Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Aufschnaiter, Peter, 1899-1973 -- Drama
• Biographical films
• Biographical films
• Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
• Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- -- Drama
• China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
• Drama
• Escapes
• Escapes -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Germans
• Aufschnaiter, Peter, 1899-1973

Genre

• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Historical films
• Biographical films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian national and a Nazi sympathizer. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. Through a series of circumstances, including POW camp, he and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter become the only two foreigners in the Tibetan holy city of Lhasa. There, Heinrich's life changes forever as he becomes a close confidant to the Dalai Lama

Cataloging source

IBS

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Robert Fraisse ; editor, Noëlle Boisson ; music, John Williams ; casting by Priscilla John, Francine Maisler ; cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma ; costumes designed by Enrico Sabbatini ; production designer, At Hoang

Language note

English or dubbed French soundtracks; optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish. Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jetsun Pema, Victor Wong, Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Runtime

136

Technique

live action