Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, played by Brad Pitt, embarks on a treacherous climb of Nanga Parbat in British India, leaving his pregnant wife behind. After the climb, he and his team are arrested and imprisoned in a POW camp during World War II. Harrer eventually escapes and finds refuge in the forbidden city of Lhasa, where he befriends the Dalai Lama and becomes immersed in Tibetan culture.

Seven Years in Tibet
Based on a true story, an unlikely friendship blossoms between a mountaineer and the Dalai Lama as they navigate the tumultuous invasion of Tibet by China.