Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki

The Amazing Adventure Of Six Men On A Raft Across The Pacific! True! Thrilling!

1950 no 58 minutes

Rating: 7.5

Plot

"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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Cast

Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl

Himself

Herman Watzinger

Herman Watzinger

Himself

Erik Hesselberg

Erik Hesselberg

Himself

Knut Haugland

Knut Haugland

Himself

Torstein Raaby

Torstein Raaby

Himself

Bengt Danielsson

Bengt Danielsson

Himself

Ben Grauer

Ben Grauer

Narrator

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