Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas to climb mountains, leaving his wife behind in Austria. War breaks out while he's gone and he is placed in a prisoner-of-war camp. Harrer escapes to Tibet where he befriends the childhood Dalai Lama and witnesses the Tibetan/Chinese confrontation escalate.

Naziler taraf?ndan Himalayalar''a з?kmak ьzere finanse edilen Avusturyal? da?c? Heinrich Harrer 1939''da ?ngilizler taraf?ndan esir al?n?r.
Harrer, kaзmay? ba?ar?r ve Lhassa kentine giderek orada genз Dalai Lama ile kar??la??r. Bu kar??la?madan sonra bьtьn hayat?n? sorgulamaya ba?layan Harrer, budizm felsefesinin inceliklerini ц?renmeye ve bir anlamda o gьne kadar kendi ya?am?na yцn veren ba?ar? ve h?rs tak?nt?s?ndan ar?nmaya ba?lar.