Watching this splendid fantasy, one almost accepts the reality of the fabled kingdom of Shangri-La, which is discovered in the mountains of Tibet by British survivors of a plane crash. Ronald Colman is the English diplomat who struggles to return to the utopia after being forced to leave by his colleagues, but Sam Jaffe nearly steals the film in his two scenes as the High Lama. This visual and visionary classic has haunted successive generations since its initial release in 1937.