Kundun

6.8
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 134 min
  • Premiere: 1997. December 25.

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.

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Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong

Dalai Lama (Adult)

Gyurme Tethong

Dalai Lama (Age 12)

Robert Lin

Chairman Mao

Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin

Dalai Lama (Age 5)

Tenzin Yeshi Paichang

Dalai Lama (Aged 2)

Tenzin Topjar

Lobsang (5-10)

Tenzin Lodoe

Takster

Geshi Yeshi Gyatso

Lama of Sera

Losang Gyatso

The messenger

Sonam Phuntsok

Reting Rinpoche

Gyatso Lukhang

Lord Chamberlain

Losang Samten

Master of the Kitchen

Jigme Tsarong

Taktra Rimpoche

Tenzin Trinley

Ling Rimpoche

Namgay Dorjee

Kashag/Nobleman #1

Phintso Thonden

Kashag/Nobleman #2

Jamyang Tenzin

Norbu Thundrup

Tashi Dhondup

Lobsang (Adult)

Jampa Lungtok

Nechung Oracle

Karma Wangchuk

Deformed Face Bodyguard

Kim Chan

Second Chinese General

Henry Yuk

General Tan

Ngawang Kaldan

Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi

Jurme Wangda

Prime Minister Lukhangwa

Salden Kunga

Tibetan Doctor

John Wong

Chinese Comrade

Gawa Youngdung

Old Woman

Tenzin Rampa

Tenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)

Vyas Ananthakrishnan

Indian Soldier

Ken Leung

(voice)

Yoon C. Joyce

Chinese soldier (uncredited)

R. Gern Trowbridge

Monk (uncredited)

Ben Wang

General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)

Art

Massimo Razzi

Art Direction

Franco Ceraolo

Art Direction

Alan Tomkins

Supervising Art Director

Francesca Lo Schiavo

Set Decoration

Dante Ferretti

Production Design

Camera

Pete Cavaciuti

Steadicam Operator

Roger Deakins

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Hayat Ouled Dahhou

Hairstylist

Mirella Ginnoto

Key Hair Stylist

Giorgio Gregorini

Hairstylist

Fabrizio Sforza

Key Makeup Artist

Siham Ouled Dahhou

Hairstylist

Dante Ferretti

Costume Design

Crew

Conor Coughlan

Special Effects Technician

Giovanni Antonini

Special Effects

Massimo Cristofanelli

Special Effects

Kevin Hannigan

Special Effects Coordinator

Directing

Bernard Bellew

Second Assistant Director

Abraham Fraser

Second Assistant Director

Rachid Gaidi

Assistant Director

Alberto Mangiante

Second Assistant Director

Ahmed Hatimi

First Assistant Director

E.J. Foerster

Second Unit Director

Barbara Pastrovich

Second Second Assistant Director

Jacki Phipps

First Assistant Director

Scott Harris

First Assistant Director

Phil Marco

Second Unit Director

Philip C. Pfeiffer

Second Unit Director

Norman Berns

Second Assistant Director

James Ellis Deakins

Script Supervisor

Editing

Sara Thorson

Assistant Editor

Tom Foligno

First Assistant Editor

Nicholas Renbeck

Dialogue Editor

Production

Ellen Lewis

Casting

Melissa Mathison

Co-Producer

Laura Fattori

Executive Producer

Vito Colazzo

Location Manager

Sound

Steven J. Rogers

Sound Mixer

Philip Glass

Original Music Composer

Clive Winter

Sound mixer

Philip Stockton

Supervising Sound Editor

Tom Fleischman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Suzana Peric

Music Editor

Writing

Melissa Mathison

Screenplay