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Kon-Tiki (Original title)Kon Tiki (Help search title)Kontiki (Help search title)
Dates: 2012 (Copyright), 19 December 2014 (Release)

Countries: Norway, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Malta, Denmark

Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Synopsis: Dramatic 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.

Genres:
Biopic, Action and Adventure, Drama

Subjects:
Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), Travels, Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
Releases
Date: 24 August 2012Country: NorwayRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 113 mins Dialogue (original): Norwegian
Date: 19 December 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 118 mins 48 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Soda Pictures