Kon-Tiki
The Amazing Adventure Of Six Men On A Raft Across The Pacific! True! Thrilling!
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- Adventure
- Documentary
Overview
"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.
Keywords
- shark
- polynesia
- pacific ocean
- parrot
- raft
- south pacific
- ocean crossing
- ocean voyage
- thor heyerdahl
- kon-tiki
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 13, 1950
- Original language
- Norwegian
- Spoken languages
- Norwegian
- Countries
- Norway, Sweden
- Production
- SF Studios,Syncron-film AS
- Cast
- Thor Heyerdahl,Herman Watzinger,Erik Hesselberg,Knut Haugland,Torstein Raaby,Bengt Danielsson,Ben Grauer
- Director
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Writer
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Producer
- Thor Heyerdahl,Olle Nordemar
- Cinematography
- Thor Heyerdahl,Erik Hesselberg,Torstein Raaby,Knut Haugland,Herman Watzinger
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0042650