In 1939, Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer, goes to the Himalayas without his family to lead an expedition. But when World War II starts, the cocky Harrer becomes a prisoner of war in the hands of the Allies. He runs away with another prisoner and ends up in Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship changes his view on life.
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In 1939, Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer, goes to the Himalayas without his family to lead an expedition. But when World War II starts, the cocky Harrer becomes a prisoner of war in the hands of the Allies. He runs away with another prisoner and ends up in Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship changes his view on life.
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