Kon-Tiki
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Espen Sandberg
Pål Hagen
Gustaf Skarsgård
Odd Magnus Williamson
Tobias Santelmann
Anders Baasmo Christensen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
On the 28th of April 1947, Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl left his wife and children behind to cross the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft called "Kon-Tiki" with five inexperienced crew members. The voyage took them from Peru to Polynesia to prove that the Polynesian islands were populated, in part, by people from South American instead of from Asia, as was believed at the time. The crew did not pack any modern technology except for a simple radio, and were accompanied only by each other and a parrot. With the world media watching, the Kon-Tiki crossed the Pacific Ocean using the stars, being driven by the currents and wind, and braving thunder storms, sharks and all the dangers of the open sea.
Cast
Pål Hagen
Gustaf Skarsgård
Odd Magnus Williamson
Tobias Santelmann
Anders Baasmo Christensen
Jakob Oftebro
Agnes Kittelsen
Elisabeth Matheson
Eilif Hellum Noraker
Peter Wight
Crew
Aage Aaberge
Geir Hartley Andreassen
Geir Hartley Andreassen
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Per-erik Eriksen
Lena Haugaard
Thor Heyerdahl
Lone Korslund
Melissa Mathison
Petter Skavlan
Martin Stoltz
Jeremy Thomas
Henrik Zein
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Norway
Original airing in United States May 3, 2013 (National Geographic Channel)
Released in United States 2012 (World Cinema)
Limited Release in United States April 26, 2013
Limited Release in United States April 26, 2013
Original airing in United States May 3, 2013
Released in United States 2012
Philip Noyce was previously attached to direct.
