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Kon-Tiki

2012PG-131h 58m6.9 / 10

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

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Synopsis

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

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Cast

Pål Sverre HagenThor Heyerdahl
Anders Baasmo ChristiansenHerman Watzinger
Tobias SantelmannKnut Haugland
Gustaf SkarsgårdBengt Danielsson
Odd-Magnus WilliamsonErik Hesselberg
Jakob OftebroTorstein Raaby
Agnes KittelsenLiv Heyerdahl
Manuel CauchiJose Bustamente

Credits

Directed by
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Written by
Petter Skavlan

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
Norwegian
Budget
$16.6M

Production

  • Stunt BrosSlovakia
  • Recorded Picture CompanyUnited Kingdom
  • Roenbergfilm
  • DCM PicturesGermany
  • Film i VästSweden
  • Nordisk Film DenmarkDenmark

Themes

kon-tikilost at seaoceanpacificraftsea voyageshark attackthor heyerdahl