Escape from Tibet

Official International Fan Page - Cinema Release Germany 31st of May 2012, Switzerland 19th of July 2012

Description

Inspired by a true story...

On a mountaineering tour in the Himalaya, Johanna (Hannah Herzsprung) meets the eight-year-old Tempa (Sangay Jäger) in a Tibetan monastery, where she grants the request of an old abbot to bring the boy secretly to Lhasa. Upon arriving in the capital, Johanna realizes that Tempa and a group of other Tibetan children are to be brought without any equipment over a dangerous high-mountain pass to Nepal.

When the Chinese police get wind of the plan, Johanna is suddenly suspected of collaborating with the charismatic leader of the trek, Tashi (David Lee McInnis). Torn between her sense of responsibility to help Tempa and a justified fear for her own life, Johanna decides to go with the group...