Himalayas

secondo conflitto globale (1939-1945)

contrapposizione politica e ideologica fra USA e URSS (1947-1991)

Multiple mountaineers died in a violent storm during summit attempts on Everest in May 1996.

annessione del Tibet da parte della Repubblica popolare cinese (1951)

14º Dalai Lama e Premio Nobel per la pace 1989 (1935-)

Austrian mountaineer whose experiences in Tibet form the basis of the film.

alpinista neozelandese

Austrian mountaineer who escaped with Harrer and shared his journey across the Himalayas to Lhasa.

The city where Harrer lives, works, and meets the young 14th Dalai Lama.

The Himalayan country through which Harrer travels and where he resides from 1946 until 1951.