Adventure ·Fantasy ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1937 · 2h 12m

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon poster
Director
Frank Capra
Cast
Ronald Colman as Robert " Bob " Conway Jane Wyatt as Sondra Bizet Edward Everett Horton as Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett John Howard as George Conway Thomas Mitchell as Henry Barnard Margo as Maria
Crew
Joseph Walker — Director of Photography Gene Havlick — Editor Gene Milford — Editor Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer Robert Riskin — Screenplay Sidney Buchman — Screenplay
Tagline

At last! The masterpiece of America's foremost film genius blazes to the screen!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Lost Horizon — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
airplanebased on novel or bookhimalaya mountain rangetibetsurvivalairplane crashshangri la
Key Collaborators
Frank Capra Director Joseph Walker Director of Photography Gene Havlick Editor Gene Milford Editor Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer Robert Riskin Screenplay Sidney Buchman Screenplay James Hilton Novel Frank Capra Producer Ernest Dryden Costume Design
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