Kon-Tiki (DVD, 2012)

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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. ...

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UPC9324915092655

eBay Product ID (ePID)2322139095

Product Key Features

ActorAgnes Kittelsen, Pal Sverre Hagen, Peter Wight, Kasper Ameberg Johnsen, Odd Magnus Williamson, Amund Hellum Noraker, Tobias Santelmann, Edward Kling, Elisabeth Matheson, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Jo Adrian Haavind, Eilif Hellum Noraker, Gustaf Skarsgard, Jonas Heier Straumsheim, Jakob Oftebro

Movie/TV TitleKon-Tiki

RatingM

Aspect Ratio16:9

DirectorJoachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

FormatDVD

Release Year2012

LanguageEnglish & French & Norwegian & Swedish

GenreAction & Adventure

Run Time118 Mins

TypeDvd