ESCAPE FROM TIBET
synopsis
On a mountaineering tour in the Himalaya, Johanna meets the eight-year-old Tempa in a Tibetan monastery, where she grants the request of an old abbot to bring the boy secretly to Lhasa. Upon arriving in the capital, Johanna realizes that Tempa and a group of other Tibetan children are to be brought without any equipment over a dangerous high-mountain pass to Nepal. When the Chinese police get wind of the plan, Johanna is suddenly suspected of collaborating with the charismatic leader of the trek, Tashi. Torn between her sense of responsibility to help Tempa and a justified fear for her own life, Johanna decides to go with the group...
international title: | Escape from Tibet |
original title: | Wie zwischen Himmel und Erde |
country: | Germany, Switzerland |
sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Maria Blumencron |
release date: | DE 31/05/2012, AT 01/06/2012 |
screenplay: | Maria Blumencron |
cast: | Hannah Herzsprung, Sangay Jäger, David Lee McInnis, Yangzom Brauen, Sonam Norbu Gaphel, Tenzin Dolkar Lama, Carlos Leal, Marcello Montecchi, Lucas K. Peterson, Mona Petri, Gian Rupf, Max Sartore, Pema Shitsetsang, Tundup Norboo Tomtom, Céline Pelmo Ulm, Jon Yang |
cinematography by: | Brian D. Goff, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein |
costumes designer: | Heike Fademrecht |
producer: | Jörg Bundschuh, Markus Fischer |
production: | Kick Film GmbH, Snakefilm GmbH |
distributor: | Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh, Filmcoopi, Polyfilm Verleih |