Seven Years in Tibet (1956)
• May 1st, 1956 • 1h 19min
Documentary
Overview
Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian moutain climber, escapes from a British POW camp in India and flees north across the Himalayan mountains into Tibet. There he meets and befriends the young Dalai Lama.
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