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Escape from Tibet (German: Wie zwischen Himmel und Erde; lit. 'Like between Heaven and Earth') is a 2012 Swiss-German-Tibetan Drama film.
Plot
On the roofs of a Tibetan monastery two boys let fly a kite, but suddenly a shot rips the relaxed silence, and one of the two boys gets shot, the "Golden Boy" which is the fictitious successor to the Dalai Lama. The monks act immediately and bring him out of Tibet to secure his body. In the meantime, the Berlinese mountaineer Johanna and her Swiss friend travel to the monastery to stay there for some days. The monks are convinced that Tempa is also close to death by the Chinese government because the orphaned boy was involved as a witness into the assassination. So Johanna is asked by the monks to refuge Tempa and other child refugees to their destination, the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Problems with the Chinese authorities occur, and Johanna decides to support Tashi, a refugee helpers, and to bring a group of children and Dolma, a widowed Tibetan woman, through the Chinese border controls to the Dalai Lama's residence towards Himachal Pradesh state in Northern India. But Johanna and Meto, a former nun, are captured by the Chinese border controls, and Meto is tortured by the soldiers to betray where the boy is hidden. In the meanwhile, Johanna gets back to the group of refugees ...
Cast
Hannah Herzsprung as Johanna
David Lee McInnis as Tashi
Sangay Jäger as Tempa
Lucas Kwan Peterson as Major Wang Bao
Yangzom Brauen as Dolma
Pema Shitsetsang as Meto
Carlos Leal as Jean-Francois
Mona Petri as Florence
Reception
The Swiss cinema website cineman described it as "gripping, fateful, human."
Production
Escape from Tibet was filmed at locations in India, Germany and Switzerland at the Eiger glacier, and was produced also by the participation of the Swiss television SRF. It premiered on 31 May 2012 in Switzerland, on 19 July 2012 in Germany, and on 17 May 2013 in Taiwan. On SRF 1 it was shown for the first time on 4 February 2015, and on 16 March 2015 on the German television channel einsfestival. For international use, the original title may refer to Escape from Tibet and Flucht aus Tibet.
Release
The film was released under the title Flucht aus Tibet - Wie zwischen Himmel und Erde in the DVD format (RC2) on 6 December 2012. The home release includes the language version in German in Dolby Digital 5.1.
References
External links
Official website
Escape from Tibet at IMDb
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- David Lee McInnis
- Hong Kong
- Paul Engelen
- Jerman Nazi
- Robert Kiyosaki
- Mulian Menyelamatkan Ibunya
- Orang Kalash
- Aang
- Empat Kebenaran Mulia
- Daftar film tentang hewan
- Escape from Tibet
- Dalai Lama's escape from China
- Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Dilgo Khyentse
- Chögyam Trungpa
- Shangri Lhagyal
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film)
- Yangzom Brauen
- Anthony Poshepny