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- BFI identifierN-236344
- Date2012 (Copyright)
2014-12-19 (Release) - Production countryNorway, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Malta, Denmark
- Production companyNorge Nordisk Film Produksjon, Recorded Picture Company, Aircontactgruppen, DCM Productions, Solbakken, Roenbergfilm, Motion Blur, Henrik Bergesen, Film 3, Film i Väst, FilmLance International, Det Norske Filminstituttet, Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe, Nordisk Film- och TV-Fond, Malta Film Commission, Svenska Filminstitutet, Danske Filmværksted, Media i2i, Berg-Hansen Reisebureau AS, Neofilm, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, UK Film Council, The Government of Malta
- SynopsisDramatic recreation of the historic journey undertaken by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, when he and a small crew left Peru on a balsawood raft hoping to reach Polynesia, and thereby prove his theory that South Americans could have settled there in the pre-Columbian era. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed in both English- and Norwegian-language versions, with each scene shot in both languages. Released in UK in both Norwegian-language version with English subtitles, and in English-language version Filmed on location in Asker and Lillehammer, Norway; Gothenburg, Sweden; Nu Boyana Film Studios/Sofia, Bulgaria; Mediterranean Film Studios, Malta; Khao Lak and Phuket, Thailand; Maldives
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- CastPål Sverre Hagen (Thor Heyerdahl)
Anders Baasmo Christiansen (Herman Watzinger)
Tobias Santelmann (Knut Haugland)
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Title
Kon-Tiki (Original)
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Kontiki (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/5C1B-2B85-F251-EA4D-22EE-SCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes April 2014
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- Kon-Tiki
Work - N-236344 - 2012 (Copyright)
Norway - Film - Fiction
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