Lost Horizon (1937)

Directed by

Andrew Marton, Frank Capra

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 249 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of travelers crash lands in a remote Himalayan valley called Shangri-La. They discover a peaceful community where people age slowly and live in harmony.

epicidealisticmeditativevisually lushslow-burnhopefulphilosophicalserene

What happens

Lost Horizon (re-released in 1942 as The Lost Horizon of Shangri-La) is a 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton. The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000 and took five years to earn back its cost. The serious financial crisis it created for Columbia Pictures damaged the partnership between Capra and studio head Harry Cohn as well as the friendship between Capra and Riskin. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Good Earth (1937)
• Ebb Tide (1937)
• Flight From Glory (1937)
• Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
• The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
• That's My Story (1937)
• Island Captives (1937)
• A Star Is Born (1937)