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.
Cast
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Dalai Lama (Adult)
Tencho Gyalpo
Mother
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar
Father
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
Chewang Tsering Ngokhang
Layman #1
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
Stanley Ipkiss
Unknown
Ken Leung
(voice)
Yoon C. Joyce
Chinese soldier (uncredited)
R. Gern Trowbridge
Monk (uncredited)
Ben Wang
General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)
Crew
Martin Scorsese
Director
Melissa Mathison
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Sara Thorson
Assistant Editor
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Ahmed Hatimi
First Assistant Director
Jacki Phipps
First Assistant Director
Scott Harris
First Assistant Director
Bernard Bellew
Second Assistant Director
Abraham Fraser
Second Assistant Director
Alberto Mangiante
Second Assistant Director
Norman Berns
Second Assistant Director
Barbara Pastrovich
Second Second Assistant Director
Rachid Gaidi
Assistant Director
Laura Fattori
Executive Producer
Barbara De Fina
Producer
Dante Ferretti
Production Design, Costume Design
Pete Cavaciuti
Steadicam Operator
Adil Abdelwahab
Casting
Ahmed Abounouom
Casting
Ellen Lewis
Casting
Mirella Ginnoto
Key Hair Stylist
Hayat Ouled Dahhou
Hairstylist
Elisabetta De Leonardis
Hairstylist
Giorgio Gregorini
Hairstylist
Siham Ouled Dahhou
Hairstylist
Fabrizio Sforza
Key Makeup Artist
E.J. Foerster
Second Unit Director
Phil Marco
Second Unit Director
Philip C. Pfeiffer
Second Unit Director
Alan Tomkins
Supervising Art Director
Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steven J. Rogers
Sound Mixer
Clive Winter
Sound mixer
Conor Coughlan
Special Effects Technician
Kevin Hannigan
Special Effects Coordinator
Giovanni Antonini
Special Effects
Massimo Cristofanelli
Special Effects
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Suzana Perić
Music Editor
Nicholas Renbeck
Dialogue Editor
Francesca Lo Schiavo
Set Decoration
James Ellis Deakins
Script Supervisor
Vito Colazzo
Location Manager
Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunts
Massimo Razzi
Art Direction
Franco Ceraolo
Art Direction
Tom Foligno
First Assistant Editor
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