Film · Documentary, Adventure
Kon-Tiki (1950)
★ 7.4 · 60 votesIMDb★ 7.9 · 3,061 votes58 minDocumentary, Adventure1950
The Amazing Adventure Of Six Men On A Raft Across The Pacific! True! Thrilling!
"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.
- Director
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Writers
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Country
- Norway
- Language
- Norwegian
- Release date
- January 13, 1950
Cast
Thor HeyerdahlSelf- Herman WatzingerSelf
- Erik HesselbergSelf
- Knut HauglandSelf
- Torstein RaabySelf
- Bengt DanielssonSelf
- Ben GrauerNarrator
