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(0)Heinrich Harrer
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet. Harrer was traveling in India when the Second World War erupted. He was subsequently seized and imprisoned by British authorities. After several attempts, he escaped and crossed the rugged, frozen Himalayas, surviving by duping government officials and depending on the generosity of villagers for...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
©1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1943, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer escaped from a British internment camp in India and traveled to Lhasa, Tibet. He becames the tutor and confidant of the young Dalai Lama.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian national and a Nazi sympathizer. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. Through a series of circumstances, including POW camp, he and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter become the only two foreigners in the Tibetan holy city of Lhasa. There, Heinrich's life changes forever as he becomes a close confidant to the Dalai Lama