Kundun19972h 14mPG-13DramaHistory⭐68%513 TMDB ratingsDirected by Martin ScorseseFrom childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.Sign in to add to watchlist & rateShareThe destiny of a people lies in the heart of a boy.TrailerPhotos (1)CastTenzin Thuthob TsarongDalai Lama (Adult)Tencho GyalpoMotherTsewang Migyur KhangsarFatherGyurme TethongDalai Lama (Age 12)Robert LinChairman MaoTulku Jamyang Kunga TenzinDalai Lama (Age 5)Tenzin Yeshi PaichangDalai Lama (Aged 2)Tenzin TopjarLobsang (5-10)Tenzin LodoeTaksterGeshi Yeshi GyatsoLama of SeraLosang GyatsoThe messengerSonam PhuntsokReting RinpocheGyatso LukhangLord ChamberlainLosang SamtenMaster of the KitchenJigme TsarongTaktra RimpocheTenzin TrinleyLing RimpocheNamgay DorjeeKashag/Nobleman #1Phintso ThondenKashag/Nobleman #2Chewang Tsering NgokhangLayman #1Jamyang TenzinNorbu ThundrupTashi DhondupLobsang (Adult)Jampa LungtokNechung OracleKarma WangchukDeformed Face BodyguardKim ChanSecond Chinese GeneralHenry YukGeneral TanNgawang KaldanPrime Minister Lobsang TashiJurme WangdaPrime Minister LukhangwaSalden KungaTibetan DoctorJohn WongChinese ComradeGawa YoungdungOld WomanTenzin RampaTenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)Vyas AnanthakrishnanIndian SoldierStanley IpkissKen Leung(voice)Yoon C. JoyceChinese soldier (uncredited)R. Gern TrowbridgeMonk (uncredited)Ben WangGeneral Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)CrewMartin ScorseseDirectorAhmed HatimiFirst Assistant DirectorBarbara PastrovichSecond Second Assistant DirectorE.J. FoersterSecond Unit DirectorPhilip C. PfeifferSecond Unit DirectorNorman BernsSecond Assistant DirectorJacki PhippsFirst Assistant DirectorAlberto MangianteSecond Assistant DirectorPhil MarcoSecond Unit DirectorAbraham FraserSecond Assistant DirectorBernard BellewSecond Assistant DirectorRachid GaidiAssistant DirectorDetailsRelease dateDecember 25, 1997Runtime2h 14mDirectorMartin ScorseseBox office$5,684,789RatedPG-13More like thisTMDB 72%View details →Seven Years in Tibet1997TMDB 76%View details →The Last Emperor1987TMDB 69%View details →55 Days at Peking1963TMDB 69%View details →Munich - The Edge of War2021TMDB 63%View details →Mary2024TMDB 74%View details →Richard Jewell2019TMDB 66%View details →Outbreak1995TMDB 70%View details →Giant2026TMDB 69%View details →Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story1993TMDB 71%View details →The Lovely Bones2009TMDB 58%View details →The Girl in the Book2015TMDB 67%View details →Rob Roy1995Sign in to add & rate