Kon-Tiki
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“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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Thor Heyerdahl Director · Herman Watzinger Cinematographer Erik Hesselberg Cinematographer
United States release April 3, 1951 · Produced in Norway, Sweden · Production SF Studios, RKO
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Syncron-film AS
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SF Studios
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RKO
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Norway · Sweden
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Original language
Norwegian
Spoken on screen
Norwegian
Release dates
Sweden · January 13, 1950
Theatrical
United States · April 3, 1951
Theatrical
Norway
February 13, 1950 · Premiere
Russia
May 1, 1962 · Theatrical
January 21, 1963 · Theatrical · Moscow
July 15, 1963 · TV
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