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📊 Film Specifications

Director Martin Scorsese

Writer Melissa Mathison (Screenplay)

Release Date December 25, 1997

Runtime 134 min (2h 14m)

Country United States of America

Language EN

Budget $28,000,000

Box Office $5,684,789

Studios Touchstone Pictures • Cappa/De Fina Productions • Refugee Productions

Kundun (1997)

Name: Kundun
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1997-12-25
Rating: 3.4

Directed by Martin Scorsese

• Written by Melissa Mathison

"The destiny of a people lies in the heart of a boy."

⭐ 3.4 / 5 (522 votes) ⏱️ 134 min 🎬 Drama, History

Ratings Breakdown:

522 ratings

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Synopsis

From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.

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Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong

Dalai Lama (Adult)

Tencho Gyalpo

Mother

Tsewang Migyur Khangsar

Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin

Dalai Lama (Age 5)

Tenzin Yeshi Paichang