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Seven Years in Tibet (1997) |
German mountaineer in British India encounters Queen Victoria coins
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The 1997 film "Seven Years in Tibet" shows some British India coins, including one with Queen Victoria,
and some Indian temple tokens and Tibetan coins.
The film stars Brad Pitt as Austrian Nazi mountain climber Heinrich Harrer who was arrested
in British India and later escaped from a detention camp in 1944.
He found refuge in Tibet as an instructor to the young Dalai Lama.
At one time Heinrich enters a temple and spots a bowl with offering coins.
1. Title
The film stars Brad Pitt as Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer who heads to British India in 1939
to join a German expedition to climb the Himalayan peak Nanga Parbat.
He and the other climbers are arrested by the British and are sent to a detention camp in Northern India.
Harrer and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter escape in 1944 and head for Tibet.
Both men are allowed to stay in Tibet and Harrer becomes a tutor for the child Lama.
Harrer stays in Tibet until 1951 then is forced to leave when the Chinese invade Tibet.
2. Harrer on train leaving Vienna
3. Climbing Nanga Parbat
4. POW camp guards escorting Harrer to barracks
5. After his escape, Harrer approaches Indian temple in the dark
6. While looking for food, Harrer approaches idol
7. Temple coins in dish
The coins appear to be British India coins or temple tokens.
One coin has Queen Victoria on it.
A British India Queen Victoria rupee:
8. British India Queen Victoria rupee 1882
Silver, 30.0 mm, 11.50 gm
The Potala palace appears:
9. Tibet capital Lhasa, the Potala building, home of the child Lama
A Tibet 3 srang coin 1936:
10. Tibet coin 3 srang 1936
Silver, 30.0 mm, 12.16 gm
Date: Cycle: 16 Year: 23 (1936)
Date: Cycle: 16 Year: 23 (1936)
Two monks arrive.
11. Harrer meets the child Lama
12. Harrer teaching the child Lama geography
13. Harrer leaves Tibet after Chinese invasion
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer
David Thewlis as Peter Aufschnaiter
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk as Dalai Lama
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers: Becky Johnston, Heinrich Harrer (book)
David Thewlis as Peter Aufschnaiter
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk as Dalai Lama
Writers: Becky Johnston, Heinrich Harrer (book)
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