Kon-Tiki
Director : Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Writers : Petter Skavlan, Allan Scott
Stars : Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård
Synopsis
The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South Americans already back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea and settle on Polynesian islands. After financing the trips with loans and donations they set off on an epic 101 days long trip across 8000 kilometers, while the world was waiting for the result of the trip. The film tells about the origin of the idea, the preparations and the events on the trip. Kon-Tiki was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, and "Kon-Tiki" is an old name for this god. Heyerdahl filmed the expedition, which later became the Acaemy award winning documentary in 1951, and wrote a book about the expedition which was translated into 70 languages and sold more than 50 millions copies around the world. Heyerdahl believed that people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times, although most anthropologists now believe they did not
Taglines
Real adventure has no limits
Motion Picture Rating
Rated PG-13 for a disturbing violent sequence
Country
UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany
Language
Norwegian, English, France, Swedish
Release Date
26 april 2013
Filming Location
Maldives
Budget
$ 16.600.000
Production Co
Recorded Picture Company, Nordisk Film Production, DCM Production
Runtime
118 Min
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