01 Jan 1987
Eight Women Fighters
Women soldiers of the Volunteer Army battle the Japanese in Northeast China in 1936.
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 Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Top Billed Cast
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
Ингеборга Дапкунайте 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
Ngawang Chojor Lord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor)
Benedick Blythe Nazi Official
Tom Raudaschl Lutz Chicken
Wolfgang Tonninger Hans Lobenhoffer
Samdup Dhargyal The Garpon
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