Kundun [9746] Released: 1997-12-25 Revenue: $5,684,789 Budget: $28,000,000 Profit: $-22,315,211 Runtime: 134 mins Popularity: 1.5903 Vote Average: 6.808 Vote Count: 460 Overview: 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 [37] Tenzin Thuthob TsarongDalai Lama Tencho GyalpoMother Tsewang Migyur KhangsarFather Gyurme TethongDalai Lama Robert LinChairman Mao Tulku Jamyang Kunga TenzinDalai Lama Tenzin Yeshi PaichangDalai Lama Tenzin TopjarLobsang Tenzin LodoeTakster Geshi Yeshi GyatsoLama of Sera Losang GyatsoThe messenger Sonam PhuntsokReting Rinpoche Gyatso LukhangLord Chamberlain Losang SamtenMaster of the Ki Jigme TsarongTaktra Rimpoche Tenzin TrinleyLing Rimpoche Namgay DorjeeKashag/Nobleman Phintso ThondenKashag/Nobleman Chewang Tsering NgokhangLayman #1 Jamyang TenzinNorbu Thundrup Tashi DhondupLobsang Jampa LungtokNechung Oracle Karma WangchukDeformed Face Bo Kim ChanSecond Chinese G Henry YukGeneral Tan Ngawang KaldanPrime Minister L Jurme WangdaPrime Minister L Salden KungaTibetan Doctor John WongChinese Comrade Gawa YoungdungOld Woman Tenzin RampaTenzin Chonegyl Vyas AnanthakrishnanIndian Soldier Stanley Ipkiss Ken Leung Yoon C. JoyceChinese soldier R. Gern TrowbridgeMonk Ben WangGeneral Chang Ch Trailers Kundun Theatrical Trailer