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Kon-Tiki (1950)
Directed by Thor Heyerdahl
“The Amazing Adventure Of Six Men On A Raft Across The Pacific! True! Thrilling!”
Documentary, Adventure · 58m
"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl, to make a 101-day journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands. The purpose of the expedition was to prove Heyerdal's theory that the Polynesian Islands were populated from the east- specifically Peru- rather than from the west (Asia) as had been the theory for hundreds of years. Heyerdahl made a study of the winds and tides in the Pacific, and by simulating conditions as closely as possible to those he theorized the Peruvians encountered, set out on the voyage.
Cast
Thor Heyerdahl
Crew
- Director
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Writer
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Director of Photography
- Thor Heyerdahl, Erik Hesselberg, Torstein Raaby, Knut Haugland, Herman Watzinger
- Editor
- Olle Nordemar
- Producer
- Thor Heyerdahl, Olle Nordemar
Details
- Release date
- 1950-01-13
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
- Original language
- NO
- Spoken languages
- Norwegian
- Countries
- Norway, Sweden
- Production
- Syncron-film AS, SF Studios