Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki

58 mins | Documentary | Jan. 12, 1950

"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.

Kon-Tiki

58 mins | Documentary | Jan. 12, 1950

Kon-Tiki
"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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Svensk Filmindustri, Syncron-film AS
Original title Kon-Tiki
Directors Thor Heyerdahl
Writers Thor Heyerdahl

Cast

Thor Heyerdahl

as Himself

Herman Watzinger

as Himself

Erik Hesselberg

as Himself

Knut Haugland

as Himself

Torstein Raaby

as Himself

Bengt Danielsson

as Himself

Ben Grauer

as Narrator