1950-01-13 7.4/10
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"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
Writer : Thor Heyerdahl
Cast
Thor Heyerdahl
Herman Watzinger
Erik Hesselberg
Knut Haugland
Torstein Raaby
Bengt Danielsson