Wheel of Time (film)

Wheel of Time is a 2003 documentary film about Tibetan Buddhism by German director Werner Herzog. The title refers to the Kalachakra sand mandala that provides a recurring image for the film.

Wheel of Time
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWerner Herzog
Produced byLucki Stipetic
Written byWerner Herzog
StarringThe Dalai Lama
Takna Jigme Zangpo
Narrated byWerner Herzog
Distributed byWerner Herzog Filmproduktion
Release date
2003
Running time
81 minutes
CountryGermany
United Kingdom
France
Italy
LanguageGerman
English

The film documents the two Kalachakra initiations of 2002, presided over by the fourteenth Dalai Lama. The first, in Bodhgaya India, was disrupted by the Dalai Lama's illness. Later that same year, the event was held again, this time without disruption, in Graz, Austria. The film's first location is the Bodhgaya, the site of the Mahabodhi Temple and the Bodhi tree. Herzog then turns to the pilgrimage at Mount Kailash, after which the film then focuses on the second gathering in Graz.

Herzog includes a personal interview with the Dalai Lama, as well as Tibetan former political prisoner Takna Jigme Zangpo, who served 37 years in a Chinese prison for his support of the International Tibet Independence Movement.

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