Seven Years in Tibet

Based On the book by Heinrich Harrer

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. Seven Years in Tibet stars Brad Pitt and David Thewlis, and has music composed by John Williams with a feature performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. In the film, Harrer (Pitt) and fellow Austrian Peter Aufschnaiter (Thewlis) are mountaineering in the 1930s India.

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Release date:

1997

Director:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast:

Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Jetsun Pema, Mako

Genre:

Drama, War, Biographical

Country:

France, United States, United Kingdom

Language:

German

Year page:

1997 in adaptations