In 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific.
1h 58m available with multiple audio tracks and subtitles.
Joachim Rønning
Director
Espen Sandberg
Director
Pål Sverre Hagen
Thor Heyerdahl
Anders Baasmo
Herman Watzinger
Gustaf Skarsgård
Bengt Danielsson
Tobias Santelmann
Knut Haugland
Odd-Magnus Williamson
Erik Hesselberg
Jakob Oftebro
Torstein Raaby
Mohamed Alkordi
Mar 22, 2026No review content available.
mercyjohnsonokojie
May 29, 2023source: Kon-Tiki
dpoppyM
Sep 12, 2022Overall a very good movie. But as someone who lives in Polynesia, what on Earth were some tiny South East Asians doing masquerading as Polynesians? I live next to a Maori family and a Niuean family. They are a LOT bigger and perhaps better looking than their surrogates. They looked NOTHING at all like any Polynesian I've ever met. Perhaps that is why the movie went to black and white at the end? FYI one of my papers for my BA was in Pacific history and I have traveled to several Pacific islands as well as living here in New Zealand. Otherwise a very good Film. Of course I have to have one final quibble. In fact the crew brought the Hallicrafters main radio from the Kon Tiki ashore almost at once, however it took a couple of days to dry out before it was usable. I don't remember any mention of the "Gibson Girl" emergency transmitter shown in the movie in any of Heyerdal's books, but of course that could only transmit on 500KHz, not receive at all.
Jaywon
Sep 12, 2022The movie isn't bad and it conveys the epic story, but for my taste at some points it is over dramatic for no apparent reasons. The original documentary shows the same story, while, obviously, stays true to the point, even though it is in black and white.