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Seven Years in Tibet

Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Released
8 October, 1997
Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet in 1950.

Author Heinrich Harrer
Original title Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama
Publisher Rupert Hart-Davis (UK), E.P. Dutton (US)
Published in English 1953 (UK), 1954 (US)

About Seven Years in Tibet

Biopic which told the story of an Austrian mountain climber who befriended the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during World War II. It was based on climber Heinrich Harrer's 1952 book of the same name.

Achievement of Seven Years in Tibet

John Williams was Golden Globe and Grammy Award nominated in the categories of Best Original Score and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, respectively. The score featured cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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Latest information about Seven Years in Tibet updated on July 28 2021.