Seven Years in Tibet

00:47:59,461 --> 00:48:01,921 Let him know you're still alive. 347 00:48:10,805 --> 00:48:12,432 New York. 348 00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:18,813 Venice. 349 00:48:24,778 --> 00:48:27,655 - Paris. - Your Holiness, where are you? 350 00:48:28,198 --> 00:48:30,450 It is time for your lesson. 351 00:48:34,996 --> 00:48:37,499 Your Holiness, where are you? 352 00:48:38,333 --> 00:48:40,502 It is time for your lesson. 353 00:48:43,630 --> 00:48:45,340 <i>Dear Rolf Harrer.</i> 354 00:48:45,965 --> 00:48:49,511 <i>I'm a person you don't know, a man you've never met.</i> 355 00:48:51,137 --> 00:48:55,058 <i>But you are someone who occupies my mind and my heart</i> 356 00:48:55,892 --> 00:48:58,686 <i>in this distant land where I have gone.</i> 357 00:49:00,188 --> 00:49:04,192 <i>If you can imagine a hidden place, tucked safely away from the world,</i> 358 00:49:04,234 --> 00:49:07,695 <i>concealed by walls of high, snow-capped mountains,</i> 359 00:49:07,737 --> 00:49:11,658 <i>a place rich with all the strange beauty of your night-time dreams,</i> 360 00:49:13,034 --> 00:49:15,078 <i>then you know where I am.</i> 361 00:49:18,039 --> 00:49:20,667 <i>In the country where I am travelling, Tibet,</i> 362 00:49:20,708 --> 00:49:24,379 <i>people believe if they walk long distances to holy places,</i> 363 00:49:24,420 --> 00:49:27,382 <i>it purifies the bad deeds they've committed.</i> 364 00:49:27,549 --> 00:49:32,178 <i>They believe the more difficult the journey, the greater the depth of purification.</i> 365 00:49:35,723 --> 00:49:39,686 <i>I've been walking from one faraway place to the next for many years.</i> 366 00:49:40,687 --> 00:49:42,772 <i>As long as you have lived.</i> 367 00:49:44,023 --> 00:49:47,569 <i>I have seen seasons change across the high plateaus.</i> 368 00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:50,947 <i>I have seen wild kiangs migrate south in winter</i> 369 00:49:51,072 --> 00:49:54,576 <i>and sweep back across the fields when spring appears.</i> 370 00:49:55,869 --> 00:50:00,582 <i>In this place, where time stands still, it seems that everything is moving,</i> 371 00:50:01,124 --> 00:50:02,625 <i>including me.</i> 372 00:50:06,588 --> 00:50:11,426 <i>I can't say I know where I'm going, nor whether my bad deeds can be purified.</i> 373 00:50:13,136 --> 00:50:16,598 <i>There are so many things I have done which I regret.</i> 374 00:50:17,432 --> 00:50:21,436 <i>But when I come to a full stop, I hope you will understand</i> 375 00:50:21,561 --> 00:50:25,315 <i>that the distance between us is not as great as it seems.</i> 376 00:50:26,608 --> 00:50:29,402 <i>With deep affection, your father,</i> 377 00:50:30,153 --> 00:50:31,905 <i>Heinrich Harrer.</i> 378 00:50:32,906 --> 00:50:35,617 Get up. Peter. 379 00:50:44,334 --> 00:50:45,627 My God. 380 00:50:51,299 --> 00:50:53,134 I'll give you these. 381 00:51:13,154 --> 00:51:15,531 Yellow head! 382 00:51:15,657 --> 00:51:18,660 - No! Wait! We have nothing! - Give me money! 383 00:51:18,701 --> 00:51:21,788 - We have no money! - Give me watch! 384 00:51:21,829 --> 00:51:25,333 - Give me clothes! - We have nothing for you! Nothing! 385 00:52:34,235 --> 00:52:36,362 Wait! 386 00:52:37,697 --> 00:52:40,742 Where are you headed? 387 00:52:42,076 --> 00:52:44,203 Holy city... Lhasa... 388 00:52:44,245 --> 00:52:45,872 I have permit. 389 00:52:46,914 --> 00:52:50,043 Impossible, foreigners not allowed in Lhasa. 390 00:52:50,626 --> 00:52:53,755 We have special permission for Lhasa. 391 00:52:58,551 --> 00:53:00,428 Lhasa, I have permit. 392 00:53:46,391 --> 00:53:50,645 It is unseemly for the spiritual leader of Tibet to spy on people. 393 00:53:55,775 --> 00:54:00,113 <i>Only a month ago, we were certain of death at the hands of bandits.</i> 394 00:54:00,279 --> 00:54:04,742 <i>And today, we have reached the gates of the forbidden city of Lhasa.</i> 395 00:54:05,827 --> 00:54:08,538 <i>It is as difficult a goal as Mecca</i> 396 00:54:08,621 --> 00:54:13,376 <i>and precisely as attractive because it is closed to all foreigners.</i> 397 00:54:14,836 --> 00:54:19,882 <i>Even in our miserable condition, we feel the lure of Tibet's holiest city.</i> 398 00:54:20,675 --> 00:54:22,677 <i>Home of the Dalai Lama.</i> 399 00:54:23,636 --> 00:54:27,056 <i>Only a few foreigners had penetrated its mysteries.</i> 400 00:55:32,955 --> 00:55:34,415 Oh, my God. 401 00:55:46,427 --> 00:55:47,887 Is it over? 402 00:55:48,346 --> 00:55:49,722 No, it is not over. 403 00:56:30,930 --> 00:56:34,100 You are invited to stay for lunch, if you like. 404 00:56:35,685 --> 00:56:37,770 We'd like that very much. 405 00:56:38,479 --> 00:56:41,482 I am Tsarong. Welcome to my home. 406 00:56:41,566 --> 00:56:43,526 I am Peter. 407 00:56:47,947 --> 00:56:51,284 Lord Chamberlain, may I request an audience