Interesting and colorful film about an ace , cold-hearted climber called Heinrich Harrer : Brad Pitt, after the death some mountaineers decides to add patriotism and glory to his Austrian country by climbing Narga Parbat peak . As Harrer goes to British india and after Tíbet, leaving his pregnant wife in Austria . But in India Harrer is taken prisoner and he becomes a WWII POW at a British internment camp . When Harrer and his colleague Peter : David Thewlis, get away , they travel across India to Tíbet where Harrer bonds with and becomes a preceptor to young Dalai Lama in Lasha at time of China's takeover of the Buddist country . At the end of the World his real journey began.
This is a pretty good movie developed with great intelligence , high sensitivity and spectacular vistas , though hampered by being extremely overlong and unfocused as well as sluggish narrative , which attempts to cover too many subplots . Based on a self-biographic book by Heinrich Harrer himself and enjoyable screenplay by Becky Johnson. However , the script hides the Nazi past of Harrer and his ties with the party . Brad Pitt as the mountaineer who attempts to take a crack at the peak of Nanga Parbat gives an attractive acting , though forceful , at times . And other actors provide capable interpretations, such as : David Thewlis as his escaped pal and a lot of Oriental players as Victor Wong as Chinese Amban , Mako as a Tíbet minister , B.D. Wong as an adviser , Jamyang as 14-year-old Dalai Lama and several others .
It contains a brilliant and sunny cinematography with plenty of snow-capped mountain scenary and breathtaking sightseeing. Being wonderfully photographed by cameraman Robert Fraisse , though due to Chinese problems and India's refusal to allow shooting , filmmaker Annaud wound up substituting the Himalayas for the Argentine Andes . While the incombustible musician John Williams , Steven Spielberg's regular, composes another great magnificent score in his usual evocative style . The picture was compellingly produced and directed by Jean Jacques Annaud . This is a good French filmmaker who has got a lot of hits and a few flops . As he directed "Quest of fire ," Hothead" , "Victory in Chantant" , "The Bear" , "The Lover" , "The Name of the Rose" ," Enemy at the Gates" , "Two Brothers" , among others. Rating 7/10 . Better than average . The flick will appeal to Brad Pitt fans . Well worth watching .
This is a pretty good movie developed with great intelligence , high sensitivity and spectacular vistas , though hampered by being extremely overlong and unfocused as well as sluggish narrative , which attempts to cover too many subplots . Based on a self-biographic book by Heinrich Harrer himself and enjoyable screenplay by Becky Johnson. However , the script hides the Nazi past of Harrer and his ties with the party . Brad Pitt as the mountaineer who attempts to take a crack at the peak of Nanga Parbat gives an attractive acting , though forceful , at times . And other actors provide capable interpretations, such as : David Thewlis as his escaped pal and a lot of Oriental players as Victor Wong as Chinese Amban , Mako as a Tíbet minister , B.D. Wong as an adviser , Jamyang as 14-year-old Dalai Lama and several others .
It contains a brilliant and sunny cinematography with plenty of snow-capped mountain scenary and breathtaking sightseeing. Being wonderfully photographed by cameraman Robert Fraisse , though due to Chinese problems and India's refusal to allow shooting , filmmaker Annaud wound up substituting the Himalayas for the Argentine Andes . While the incombustible musician John Williams , Steven Spielberg's regular, composes another great magnificent score in his usual evocative style . The picture was compellingly produced and directed by Jean Jacques Annaud . This is a good French filmmaker who has got a lot of hits and a few flops . As he directed "Quest of fire ," Hothead" , "Victory in Chantant" , "The Bear" , "The Lover" , "The Name of the Rose" ," Enemy at the Gates" , "Two Brothers" , among others. Rating 7/10 . Better than average . The flick will appeal to Brad Pitt fans . Well worth watching .