Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer, embarks on an excursion to the Himalayas in 1939 without his family. When World War II breaks out, the pompous Harrer is taken prisoner by Allied forces. He finds his way to Llaso, Tibet, with a fellow detainee, where he encounters the Dalai Lama, a 14-year-old Tibetan boy whose companionship changed his outlook on life.
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Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer, embarks on an excursion to the Himalayas in 1939 without his family. When World War II breaks out, the pompous Harrer is taken prisoner by Allied forces. He finds his way to Llaso, Tibet, with a fellow detainee, where he encounters the Dalai Lama, a 14-year-old Tibetan boy whose companionship changed his outlook on life.
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