

12/09/1997
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.

Brad Pitt
as Heinrich Harrer

Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
as Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old

David Thewlis
as Peter Aufschnaiter

BD Wong
as Ngawang Jigme

Mako
as Kungo Tsarong

Lhakpa Tsamchoe
as Pema Lhaki

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
as Ingrid Harrer

Duncan Fraser
as British Officer

Danny Denzongpa
as Regent

Victor Wong Chi-Keung
as Chinese 'Amban'

Jetsun Pema
as Great Mother

Ama Ashe Dongtse
as Tashi

Sonam Wangchuk
as Dalai Lama, 8 Years Old

Dorjee Tsering
as Dalai Lama, 4 Years Old

Ric Young
as General Chang Jing Wu

Ngawang Chojor
as Lord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor)

Benedick Blythe
as Nazi Official

Tom Raudaschl
as Lutz Chicken

Wolfgang Tonninger
as Hans Lobenhoffer

Samdup Dhargyal
as The Garpon

Chemchok
as Garpon's Agent

Tenzin Jangchub
as Declaration Monk Official (as Ven. Tenzin Jangschub)

Angphurba Sherpa
as Tibetan General (as Major Angphurba Sherpa)

Tsering Wangdue
as Burly Guide

Yama Ngudup Cheshatsang
as Burly Guide

Kalsang Dhundop Lungtok
as Vendor Ice-Skates

Sonam Bidhartsang
as Jacket Vendor

Lama Champa Tsondu
as Watch Vendor

Geshe Lobsang Nyma
as Ling Rinpoche

Geshe Yeshi Tsultrim
as Trijang Rinpoche

Lama Champa Chandu
as Dalai Lama's Room Attendant

Pemba Norbu Sherpa
as Young Sherpa

Karma Apo-Tsang
as Messenger to Great Mother

Ngawang Tenzingyatso
as Jokhang Monk Official (as Ven. Ngawang Tenzin Gyatso)

Choeden Tsering
as Military Instructor

Lama Jampa Lekshe
as Monk Head of Security

Lama Thupten Nugdup
as Head of Security's Aide

Daniel Tedeschi
as Marchese

Gerardo Ebert
as Horst Immerhof

Sebastian Zevalia
as Younger Rolf Harrer

Philipp Kriechbaum
as Older Rolf Harrer

Lobsang Gendun Rinpoche
as Tibetan

Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche
as Tibetan

Sharpa Tulku Rinpoche
as Tibetan

Zongra Tulku Rinpoche
as Tibetan
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