Kon-Tiki (1950)
Synopsis
"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.
Release Date: 1950-01-13
Runtime: 58 minutes
Director: Thor Heyerdahl
Top Cast
- Thor Heyerdahl as Self
- Herman Watzinger as Self
- Erik Hesselberg as Self
- Knut Haugland as Self
- Torstein Raaby as Self
- Bengt Danielsson as Self
- Ben Grauer as Narrator
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