What role did Lhakpa Tsamchoe play in the 1997 American biographical war drama film based on a 1952 book written by Heinrich Harrer?
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Lhakpa Tsamchoe Lhakpa Tsamchoe (born 1972) is an Indian born Tibetan actress. She is the first Tibetan woman ever to break into mainstream film; most famous for starring alongside Brad Pitt and David Thewlis in the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster "Seven Years in Tibet", in which she played Pema Lhaki, a Tibetan tailor and wife of Austrian mountaineer, Peter Aufschnaiter.
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film) Seven Years in Tibet is a 1997 American biographical war drama film based on the 1952 book of the same name written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer on his experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during World War II, the interim period, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army's invasion of Tibet in 1950. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Brad Pitt and David Thewlis, the score was composed by John Williams and features cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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The Undying Past The Undying Past is an 1894 novel by the German writer Hermann Sudermann. Its German title is Es war which means "it was". The novel tells the story of how a German man, Leo, returns to his homeland after several year in South America, only to find that Ulrich, his beloved childhood friend, has married a woman with whom Leo has a dark past. The book was published in English in 1906, translated by Beatrice Marshall.
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Jigme Wangchuck Jigme Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: " 'jigs med dbang phyug"; 1905 – 30 March 1952) was the Druk Gyalpo or king of Bhutan from 21 August 1926, until his death. He was the eldest son of King Ugyen Wangchuck and was educated in English, Hindi and Buddhist literature.
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Detention: The Siege at Johnson High Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (also known as Hostage High and Target for Rage) is a 1997 American made-for-television thriller drama film based on the 1992 Lindhurst High School shooting and siege that resulted in the death of four people. The film, written by Larry Golin and directed by Michael W. Watkins, stars Rick Schroder, Freddie Prinze Jr., Katie Wright, Alexis Cruz and Henry Winkler. It was originally broadcast on CBS on May 19, 1997.
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Radetzky March (novel) Radetzky March (German: "Radetzkymarsch" ) is a 1932 novel by Joseph Roth chronicling the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire via the story of the Trotta family. "Radetzkymarsch" is an early example of a story that features the recurring participation of a historical figure, in this case the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830–1916). Roth continues his account of the Trotta family to the time of the Anschluss in his "The Emperor's Tomb" ("Kapuzinergruft", 1938). The novel was published in English translation in 1933, and in a new, more literal, translation in 1995.
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra The Memoirs of Cleopatra is a 1997 historical fiction novel written by American author Margaret George, detailing the purported life of Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt. Published on April 15, 1997, it landed on "The New York Times" Best Seller list for Fiction Hardcover. In 1999, the American network ABC adapted it for television, and released it as a four-part mini series entitled "Cleopatra" starring the French-Chilean actress Leonor Varela alongside Timothy Dalton and Billy Zane.
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Opernball (film) Opernball "(Opera Ball)" is a 1998 made-for-TV movie by Urs Egger based on a 1995 novel by Austrian writer Josef Haslinger in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazi terrorist attack taking place during the Vienna Opera Ball. The film starred Heiner Lauterbach, Franka Potente, Frank Giering, Caroline Goodall, Richard Bohringer, Gudrun Landgrebe and Désirée Nosbusch.
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The Man Who Knew Too Little The Man Who Knew Too Little is a 1997 American-German spy comedy film starring Bill Murray, directed by Jon Amiel, and written by Robert Farrar and Howard Franklin. The film is based on Farrar's novel "Watch That Man", and the title is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock's 1934 film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and his 1956 remake of the same title.
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A War of Shadows A War of Shadows is a non-fiction book written by W. Stanley Moss, a British soldier, writer and traveller, best known, together with Patrick Leigh Fermor, for the Kidnap of General Kreipe as described in Moss’s book "Ill Met by Moonlight". Moss recounts his subsequent activities during World War II as agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Crete, Macedonia (Greece) and Siam (Thailand). The 2014 editions contain an Introduction by one of Moss's children and a short biography, "Billy Moss: Soldier, Writer, Traveller - A Brief Life" by Alan Ogden as an Afterword.
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Arthur Koestler (book) "Arthur Koestler" is a book by Mark Levene published in 1984, a year after Arthur Koestler's suicide. The book is divided into seven main chapters, of which the first of is a biography and the other six critical essays on each of Koestler's six novels, his stories and his play "Twilight Bar".
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Le Silence de la mer (1949 film) Le Silence de la mer (English: "The Silence of the Sea" ) is a 1949 film by Jean-Pierre Melville. It was Melville's first feature film, and was based on the 1942 book of the same name by Jean Bruller (published clandestinely under the pen name "Vercors"). The story, which takes place in 1941, concerns the relationship of a Frenchman (Jean-Marie Robain) and his niece (Nicole Stéphane) with a German lieutenant, Werner von Ebrennac (Howard Vernon), who occupies their house during the German occupation of France. The film was actually shot inside Bruller's own home outside of Paris.
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The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War The Black Flower is a 1997 historical fiction novel written by Howard Bahr. It received numerous accolades, including being named a New York Times Notable Book. Shelby Foote, author of , recommends it highly. "The Black Flower" was nominated for a Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction, and won the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction in 1998.
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Area 51: The Dreamland Chronicles Area 51: The Dreamland Chronicles is a 1997 non-fiction book about Area 51 in Nevada by David Darlington.
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The Ogre (1996 film) The Ogre (German: Der Unhold ) is a 1996 French-German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring John Malkovich, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser and Armin Mueller-Stahl. It was written by Jean-Claude Carrière and Schlöndorff, based on the novel "The Erl-King" by Michel Tournier. The story follows a simple man who recruits children to be Nazis in the belief that he is protecting them.
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon is a 1997 movie. The screenplay by Graham Ludlow is based on Jack London's classic novel "The Call of the Wild" (1903), is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, and stars Rutger Hauer. "The Hollywood Reporter" said it was, "... a pleasant surprise. Much more faithful to Jack London's 1903 classic than the two Hollywood versions." The "New York Post" claimed Ludlow's adaptation was the "best version yet of Jack London's classic story of survival."
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Regeneration (1997 film) Regeneration is a 1997 British film, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Pat Barker. The film is directed by Gillies MacKinnon. It was released as Behind the Lines in the US in 1998. The film follows the stories of a number of Officers of the British Army during World War I who are brought together in Craiglockhart War Hospital where they are treated for various trauma. It features the story of Siegfried Sassoon, his open letter reprinted in The Times criticising the conduct of the war and his return to the front.
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Night Falls on Manhattan Night Falls on Manhattan is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, set and filmed on location in New York City. Its screenplay is by Lumet, based on a novel by Robert Daley entitled "Tainted Evidence".
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Once Upon a Time in China and America Once Upon a Time in China and America, also known as Once Upon a Time in China VI, is a 1997 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lau Kar-wing and Sammo Hung in his last directorial effort until "The Bodyguard", who also worked on the film's fight choreography. The film is the sixth and final installment in the "Once Upon a Time in China" film series. It also saw the return of Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung, who was replaced by Vincent Zhao in the fourth and fifth films. The film was released in the Hong Kong on 1 February 1997.
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Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (film) Chronicle of a Blood Merchant () is a 2015 South Korean film adaptation of the bestselling 1995 Chinese novel of the same title by Yu Hua. The film, set in 1950s Korea, was co-written and directed by Ha Jung-woo, and he also starred alongside Ha Ji-won.
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Only the Heart Only The Heart is a novel written by Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem about the Vietnamese boat people. It was first published in 1997. In contrast to Caswell's mainly futuristic style, such as his widely acclaimed Deucalion series, this book is written in the present-past style. The book is said to be based on David's life. The book is classified as young adult fiction and is one of the most successful books by the author.
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Martín (hache) Martín (hache) is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela.