Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European to pass through the "forbidden" kingdom. He doesn't discover any mineral resources there. Yet he does uncover the mysteries of life and penetrates towards a more profound truth which lends a new dimension to his life. In the spring of 1999, Hagen returns to Nepal to keep a promise of almost 50 years: At that time a Buddhist monk had presented him with the gift of a valuable and mystical ring.

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A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape wit...

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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedev...

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After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigne...

An American WWI veteran undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himal...

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A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The C...

Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical...

A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederi...
The Himalayan mountain Makalu, located in Nepal, is the fifth highest mountain in the world. In 1973...

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b...

A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncin...

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himse...

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in Fr...

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever sin...