Kon-Tiki

Year:

2013

Duration:

118 min

Genres:

Adventure | History

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Joachim Rønning

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2013-04-26

Filming Locations: Maldives

Earnings

Budget: $16,600,000

Opening Weekend: $22,168 (USA) (28 April 2013)

Gross: $1,511,798 (USA) (4 August 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Perdita Avery

Pål Sverre Hagen

Thor Heyerdahl

Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Herman Watzinger

Tobias Santelmann

Knut Haugland

Gustaf Skarsgård

Bengt Danielsson

Odd Magnus Williamson

Erik Hesselberg

Jakob Oftebro

Torstein Raaby

Agnes Kittelsen

Liv Heyerdahl

Peter Wight

Spinden

Amund Hellum Noraker

Bamse

Eilif Hellum Noraker

Thor Jr.

Elisabeth Matheson

Allison

Kasper Arneberg Johnsen

Thor 6 yrs. (as Kasper Ameberg Johnsen)

Edward Kling

Erik 7 yrs.

Jo Adrian Haavind

Journalist

Jonas Heier Straumsheim

Photographer

Søren Pilmark

Freuchen

Trevor Martin

Committee Member

Johnny Myers

Committee Member

Robert Rowe

Committee Member

Ian Bonar

Sailor

Sam Chapman

Sailor

Eleanor Burke

Female Travel Agent

Mikhail Basmadjian

Senor Real

Katinka Egres

Beautiful Senorita

Richard Trinder

Lieutenant Lewis

Tarang

The Chief

Manuel Cauchi

Bustamente

La-Oug

Tei

Todd Boyce

Maitre d'

Ea Johanna Sandberg

Child

Jo Hannah Emblem Rønning

Child

Jonatan Meyer

Child

Jakob Sander Ronne

Child

Halvor Aasen

Child

Thor Andreas Heyerdahl

Child

Thomas Arnold

Harry (uncredited)

Jörgen Berthage

Waiter (uncredited)

Stefan Cronwall

Svensk äventyrare (uncredited)

Ian Knauer

Johnson (uncredited)

Ole Sletner

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The official submission of Norway to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards 2013.

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The film's producer, Jeremy Thomas, had wanted to make the film since 1996 and was granted the rights to the story by Thor Heyerdahl before the latter's death in 2002.

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Large parts of the film were filmed in two versions at the same time, one in Norwegian, the other in English, in order to secure international funding.

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Goofs

The crew were not worried about whether the ropes would hold the float together, as it is portrayed in the film. As we can see in the Kon-Tiki documentary, the balsa wood was much softer than the rope, and it was actually the rope that ate through the wood. The result was that the rope eventually was protected by the space that had been created around it.

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At one point in the movie we see the cover of a Norwegian passport, it is printed with "NORGE NOREG" and also includes additional text. This duo-language Norwegian passport was not introduced before in the 1970's. In 1947 the only text on the cover was "PASS"and"NORGE".

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One of the characters uses the counting method introduced in 1951 (1st July) when reporting Kon-Tiki's position. He uses the word 'femtifem' (English: fifty-five). In 1947, when this film is set, he would have used 'fem-og-femti' (English: five-and-fifty). As this old-fashioned counting method is used by many (younger) people today, the new counting format is still debated in Norway and the film-makers may be expected to be aware of this.

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Quotes

Torstein Raaby: And only a hundred days to go.

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Torstein Raaby: Why are feeding the sharks our tomato soup?

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Faq

Q

Is 'Kon-tiki' based on a book?

A

The non-fiction book Kon-Tiki (1948) is an account of author Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 expedition. The screenplay for the movie was written by Norwegian writer Petter Skavian with Scottish screenwriter Allan Scott as a consultant.

Q

A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Q

What is 'Kon-tiki- about?

A

In 1947, after listening to stories about how pre-Columbian South Americans may have crossed the Pacific Ocean to settle in Polynesia, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre Hagen) sets out on a balsa raft they named Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia to determine whether or not it was possible. Along with him go five crewmen -- Erik Hesselberg (Odd Magnus Williamson), Torstein Raaby (Jakob Oftebro), Knut Haugland (Tobias Santelmann), Herman Watzinger (Anders Baasmo Christiansen), and Bengt Danielsson (Gustaf Skarsgård).

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