Seven Years In Tibet (1997, U.K./U.S.A.)

At the end of the world his real journey began.

Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) goes to the Himalayas to climb mountains, leaving his wife behind in Austria.   However, then WWII breaks out.  So, he becomes a prisoner of war.  Harrer finally escapes to Tibet where he befriends the childhood Dalai Lama and witnesses the Tibetan/Chinese confrontation escalate.

Cast: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, Lhapka Tsamchoe, Jamyang Wangchuk, B.D. Wong.