

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $70M
- Box office
- $131.5M
- Language
- German
- himalaya mountain range
- buddhism
- buddhist monk
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- mountain
- monsoon
- austria
- tibet
- mountaineer
- lhasa
- wedding
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United States of America, France
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1310 Oct 1997
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG20 Nov 1997
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM4 Dec 1997
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG12 Sept 1997
BrazilBR
- Theatrical15 May 1998
- PhysicalL1 Jan 2000
- Digital / OTT1429 Oct 2019
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+5 Feb 1998
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical30 Jan 1998
FranceFR
- TheatricalU26 Nov 1997
- PhysicalDVD24 Nov 1999
- PhysicalBlu-ray2 Sept 2009
- Digital / OTTVOD10 Dec 2016
- Digital / OTTPrime Video1 Mar 2021
- Digital / OTTNetflix1 Apr 2021
- Digital / OTT12Netflix1 Jan 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1213 Nov 1997
GreeceGR
- TheatricalPG9 Oct 2000
ItalyIT
- Theatrical19 Dec 1997
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1211 Dec 1997
- TV12Nederland 11 Jan 2003
- Physical12DVD25 Mar 2008
- Physical12Blu-ray8 May 2008
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Seven Years in Tibet was released on 12 September 1997.
Audience reviews
2- W7/10
Wuchak
8/10/2020
_**Twelve years in the Tibet area, 1939-1951**_ “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997) is a biographical historical drama about Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) and his time in Tibet and friendship with the Dalai Lama, a boy, just before & during WW2, as well as the build-up to the invasion of Tibet in 1950 by Communist Chinese forces and the immediate aftermath. David Thewlis is on hand as Heinrich’s Germa…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/17/2024
Brad Pitt is acclaimed Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer who leaves his expectant wife to climb in the Himalayas. A couple of high-altitude mishaps and the commencement of WWII see him and colleague Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis) interred by the British and confined to a POW camp. After a few failed attempts, the pair manage to escape and after some perilous trekking through the hostile wilderness, they find t…
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