In 1939, Nazi officer Heinrich Harrer abandons his country to climb Nanga Parbat in British India, but bad weather and injury force him to pause. Arrested and taken to a POW camp after WWII breaks out, he repeatedly attempts to escape, finally succeeding and making his way to Lhasa, where foreigners are forbidden.
Seven Years in Tibet
A mountaineer prisoner of war takes a perilous journey to freedom, forging an unexpected bond with the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, along the way.