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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 Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.

Sweeping Himalayan vistas collide with the quiet, spiritual stillness of a Lhasa monastery. An arrogant climber finds his soul transformed through an unlikely bond with the young Dalai Lama.

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