The heroes of the movie get to the mythical country of Shangri-La, which is the dream of all fans of esoteric knowledge. In their opinion, the spiritual "center" of mankind is located in the heart of the Himalayas, in an area that is not marked on maps and, in fact, inaccessible, because we are not yet ready to properly use the energy and information concentrated there.
Robert Conway is a British diplomat, an idealistic dreamer on the last plane out of revolutionary China. With him is a motley group of fellow travelers: his younger brother, an oddball paleontologist, a hustler and a prostitute. The pilot changes course and lands the plane in the snows of Tibet. Mysterious monks lead the passengers along secret paths to a warm, fertile valley with magnificent marble statues, gardens and terraces, a kingdom of peace and harmony headed by the Supreme Lama....