
Lost Horizon(1973)
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.


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British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.

Ronald Colman
Robert " Bob " Conway

Jane Wyatt
Sondra Bizet

Edward Everett Horton
Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett

John Howard
George Conway

Thomas Mitchell
Henry Barnard

Margo
Maria

Isabel Jewell
Gloria Stone

H.B. Warner
Chang

Sam Jaffe
High Lama
John Burton
Wynant (uncredited)
Lost Horizon is a adventure, fantasy, drama, romance film released in 1937 exploring themes of airplane, based on novel or book, himalaya mountain range, tibet, survival, airplane crash. Directed by Frank Capra, it stars Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton. British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
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