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Kon-Tiki (1950)

Kon-Tiki (1950)

Adventure Documentary

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

Release Date: 1950, January 13
Directors: Thor Heyerdahl
Countries: Norway, Sweden
Production: Syncron-film AS, SF Studios, SF Studios
Cast: Thor Heyerdahl, Bengt Danielsson, Knut Haugland, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg, Torstein Raaby, Ben Grauer

Overview:

"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.

Keywords:

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