

Kon-Tiki
The Amazing Adventure Of Six Men On A Raft Across The Pacific! True! Thrilling!
"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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- Language
- Norwegian
- parrot
- ocean crossing
- raft
- shark
- south pacific
- polynesia
- ocean voyage
- pacific ocean
- thor heyerdahl
- kon-tiki
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical3 Apr 1951
NorwayNO
- PremiereA13 Feb 1950
RussiaSU
- Theatrical1 May 1962
- TheatricalMoscow21 Jan 1963
- TV15 Jul 1963
SwedenSE
- Theatrical13 Jan 1950
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Kon-Tiki was released on 13 January 1950.
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CinemaSerf
12/4/2025
Narrated by expedition leader Thor Heyerdahl, this hour long feature presents quite an impressive observation of just how half a dozen sailors embarked half way across the Pacific Ocean aboard a raft in which no metal or even wooden nails were used. Their plan was to sail, or follow the currents, all the way from the coast of Peru to Polynesia and they had to carry all that they might need. That’s because ancient mar…
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