Kon-Tiki
Thor Heyerdahl leads a daring crew aboard a fragile balsa raft across the treacherous Pacific to prove his controversial theory of ancient South American settlement, battling nature’s fury and mounting doubt before reaching distant Polynesia.
Synopsis
A factual account of the legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his historic 1947 journey across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft, undertaken to demonstrate the possibility that South Americans could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
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Principal cast & crew: 31
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Edited by Perry EriksenShot by Geir Hartly AndreassenScored by Johan SoderqvistDesigned by Karl Juliusson
Box Office
2012 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× its budget
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$22.8M
US & Canada: $1.5M — 7% of worldwide · International: $21.3M (93%)
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Cast & Crew
31 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Pal Sverre Hagen
as Thor Heyerdahl
Anders Baasmo
as Herman Watzinger
Anders Baasmo Christiansen
as Herman Watzinger
Gustaf Skarsgard
as Bengt Danielsson
Tobias Santelmann
as Knut Haugland
Odd Magnus Williamson
as Erik Hesselberg
Jakob Oftebro
as Torstein Raaby
Agnes Kittelsen
as Liv Heyerdahl
Peter Wight
as Spinden
Manuel Cauchi
as Jose Bustamente
Amund Hellum Noraker
as Bamse
Richard Trinder
as Løytnant Lewis
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5Directors
2Writers
1Producers
2Other crew
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