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What is Seven Years in Tibet about? 
During World War II, an Austrian mountaineer named Heinrich Harrer is captured by the British while attempting to summit Nanga Parbat in India. He and his friend Peter Aufschnaiter are imprisoned in a POW camp, where they spend several years. In 1944, they escape and make their way to Tibet, where they are taken in by a Tibetan diplomat named Kungo Tsarong. While living in Lhasa, Harrer becomes friends with the young Dalai Lama and teaches him about the outside world. The film follows Harrer's journey from a self-centered mountaineer to a humble and compassionate teacher, as he learns valuable lessons from the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan culture.