
At the end of the world his real journey began.
1997 2 hours 16 minutesAustrian 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.













12th September 1997
28 years ago
2 hours 16 minutes
Finishes at 7:38am
$70,000,000 ($114,961,000 today)
Revenue $131,457,682




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