A Norwegian historical drama about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, which was pioneered by legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl. Using only a wood raft, the ethnographer is said to have journeyed 4,300 miles across the Pacific in an effort to prove the feasibility of South Americans settling in Polynesia during pre-Columbia times. Directed by Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg, with Pål Sverre Hagen playing the part of Heyerdahl.
he story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300 miles crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.