From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
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Title: Kundun (1997)
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Cast
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| Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong | ... | Dalai Lama (Adult) | |
| Gyurme Tethong | ... | Dalai Lama (Age 12) | |
| Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin | ... | Dalai Lama (Age 5) | |
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Tenzin Yeshi Paichang | ... | Dalai Lama (Aged 2) |
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Tencho Gyalpo | ... | Mother |
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Tenzin Topjar | ... | Lobsang (5-10) |
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Tsewang Migyur Khangsar | ... | Father |
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Tenzin Lodoe | ... | Takster |
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Geshi Yeshi Gyatso | ... | Lama of Sera |
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Losang Gyatso | ... | The Messenger (as Lobsang Gyatso) |
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Sonam Phuntsok | ... | Reting Rinpoche |
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Gyatso Lukhang | ... | Lord Chamberlain |
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Lobsang Samten | ... | Master of the Kitchen |
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Jigme Tsarong | ... | Taktra Rimpoche (as Tsewang Jigme Tsarong) |
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Tenzin Trinley | ... | Ling Rimpoche |
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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 of Tibet. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since. Written by Deki
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The screenplay went through 14 drafts. See more »Goofs
For narrative purposes, the timeline is compressed. The Chinese invasion occurred in 1950; the Dalai Lama visited Chairman Mao in Beijing in 1954; and he ultimately fled Tibet in 1959. See more »Quotes
Dalai Lama: I will liberate those not liberated. I will release those not released. I will relieve those unrelieved. And set living beings in nirvana.See more »
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Release Date:
16 January 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$28,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$72,095, 28 December 1997Gross USA:
$5,684,789Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$5,684,789Company Credits
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I live in South Korea, so I didn't think I would get some insights about buddhism from a Western movie. But this movie shocked me a lot. Very beautiful and meaningful visuals, quiet but spiritually forceful atmosphere every single moments are in the movie, I could hardly breath during playing. This movie is not just about one man, but about the pain of all mankind and the way to transcend the pain and sin of ours in a very buddhist direction. China in this movie got a bad part. Ironically they were also victims of imperialism but learned the exact way to extort, destroy the property and beliefs of others by the power of machines. It was just sad to watch. But as Kundun implied, those violence's are in the shadow of our minds which should be overcame by the power of spirit. For me, this movie tells that.