Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

1997

Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / War

IMDb Rating 7/10

Plot summary

Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas to climb mountains, leaving his wife behind in Austria. War breaks out while he's gone and he is placed in a prisoner-of-war camp. Harrer escapes to Tibet where he befriends the child Dalai Lama and witnesses the Tibetan/Chinese confrontation escalate.—John Hawkinson