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Lost Horizon

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

6.9(256)19372h 12m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
$4M
Box office
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Language
English
  • airplane
  • based on novel or book
  • himalaya mountain range
  • tibet
  • survival
  • airplane crash
  • shangri la

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Frank Capra

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRMiami, Florida18 Feb 1937
    • PremiereNRSan Francisco, California2 Mar 1937
    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York3 Mar 1937
    • Theatrical (limited)NRPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania7 Mar 1937
    • Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, California10 Mar 1937
    • Theatrical (limited)NRChicago, Illinois14 Mar 1937
    • Theatrical (limited)NRPittsburgh, Pennsylvania21 Mar 1937
    • TheatricalNR1 Sept 1937
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical61 Jan 1951
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical163 Mar 1937
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1231 Aug 1937
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical (limited)Thessaloniki6 Nov 1939
    • PhysicalDVD release12 Feb 2001
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical182 May 1941
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG29 Oct 1937
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalTorino30 Oct 1937
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG121 Apr 1937
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Premiere163 Mar 1937

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Lost Horizon was released on 3 March 1937.

Audience reviews

2
  • J

    John Chard

    6/14/2020

    9/10

    Capra adapts James Hilton's Utopian novel with grace and beauty. It's so nice to be able to see something resembling the original vision Capra had for this story, the wonders of science gives us a cracking restoration to enjoy at our want. Robert Conway is a British diplomat who helps a group of people (one his younger brother) escape from a Chinese revolution in a passenger plane, all doesn't go to plan, thoug…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/15/2025

    7/10

    Having managed to arrange the evacuation of ninety-odd British civilians from the clutches of the marauding Chinese army, diplomat “Conway” (Ronald Colman) is now on a plane with his brother “George” (John Howard) and a few others heading for the safety of Shanghai. What they don’t realise, though, is that their plane was hijacked on the airfield and is heading in completely the wrong direction. After a whistle-stop …

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