Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

• DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud
• Release12 September 1997
• Genre
  Adventure / Drama
• Duration2h 16m
• Budget$70,000,000
• Revenue$131,457,682
• Rate
  

  7.157
  2906 reviews
• Productions

  TriStar Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment, Applecross, Reperage & Vanguard Films, Sony Pictures