Kon-Tiki

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-01-13

Languages:

Norwegian

Countries:

Norway, Sweden

Runtime:

77 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(1646 Reviews)

Director:

Thor Heyerdahl

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Thor Heyerdahl Herman Watzinger Erik Hesselberg Knut Haugland

Writer:

Thor Heyerdahl

Fullplot:

"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.

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