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Kundun

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Calorie Rating: 188
Released: 1997-12-25
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Budget: 28000000
Revenue 5684789
Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Dune Films, De Fina-Cappa, StudioCanal, AMLF, Cappa/De Fina Productions, Cappa Productions,


The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.

Director / Directors

James Ellis Deakins
Script Supervisor
Bernard Bellew
Second Assistant Director

Norman Berns
Second Assistant Director
E. J. Foerster
Second Unit Director
Abraham Fraser
Second Assistant Director

Rachid Gaidi
Assistant Director
Scott Harris
First Assistant Director
Ahmed Hatimi
First Assistant Director

Alberto Mangiante
Second Assistant Director
Phil Marco
Second Unit Director
Barbara Pastrovich
Second Second Assistant Director

Philip C. Pfeiffer
Second Unit Director
Jacki Phipps
First Assistant Director


Cast

Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Character: Dalai Lama (Adult)
Tencho Gyalpo
Character: Mother
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar
Character: Father

Gyurme Tethong
Character: Dalai Lama (Age 12)
Robert Lin
Character: Chairman Mao
Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin
Character: Dalai Lama (Age 5)

Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Character: Dalai Lama (Aged 2)
Tenzin Topjar
Character: Lobsang (5-10)
Tenzin Lodoe
Character: Takster

Geshi Yeshi Gyatso
Character: Lama of Sera
Losang Gyatso
Character: The messenger
Sonam Phuntsok
Character: Reting Rinpoche

Gyatso Lukhang
Character: Lord Chamberlain
Lobsang Samten
Character: Master of the Kitchen
Jigme Tsarong
Character: Taktra Rimpoche

Tenzin Trinley
Character: Ling Rimpoche
Namgay Dorjee
Character: Kashag/Nobleman #1
Phintso Thonden
Character: Kashag/Nobleman #2

Chewang Tsering Ngokhang
Character: Layman #1
Jamyang Tenzin
Character: Norbu Thundrup
Tashi Dhondup
Character: Lobsang (Adult)

Jampa Lungtok
Character: Nechung Oracle
Karma Wangchuk
Character: Deformed Face Bodyguard
Kim Chan
Character: Second Chinese General

Henry Yuk
Character: General Tan
Ngawang Kaldan
Character: Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi
Jurme Wangda
Character: Prime Minister Lukhangwa

Salden Kunga
Character: Tibetan Doctor
John Wong
Character: Chinese Comrade
Gawa Youngdung
Character: Old Woman

Tenzin Rampa
Character: Tenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)
Vyas Ananthakrishnan
Character: Indian Soldier

Ken Leung
Character: (voice)
Yoon C. Joyce
Character: Chinese soldier (uncredited)
R. Gern Trowbridge
Character: Monk (uncredited)

Ben Wang
Character: General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)


Production and Crew


Francesca Lo Schiavo
Set Decoration
Dante Ferretti
Production Design

Nicholas Renbeck
Dialogue Editor
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Clive Winter
Sound mixer

Suzana Peric
Music Editor
Pete Cavaciuti
Steadicam Operator

Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Laura Fattori
Executive Producer

Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dante Ferretti
Costume Design

Franco Ceraolo
Art Direction
Massimo Razzi
Art Direction
Alan Tomkins
Supervising Art Director


Mirella Ginnoto
Key Hair Stylist
Fabrizio Sforza
Key Makeup Artist

Giovanni Antonini
Special Effects
Conor Coughlan
Special Effects Technician

Massimo Cristofanelli
Special Effects
Kevin Hannigan
Special Effects Coordinator

Tom Foligno
First Assistant Editor
Sara Thorson
Assistant Editor