Seven Years in Tibet
At the end of the world his real journey began.
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.
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $131M
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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.
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Seven Years in Tibet returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $70M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $131M
- Release date
- Sep 12, 1997
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Tibetan, German
- Country
- France, United States of America
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