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Kon-Tiki

Synopsis

The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947.

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Features
Running time
118 mins
Director
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Producer
Aage Aaberge, Jeremy Thomas
Co-Producer
Jessica Ask
Executive Producer
Christoph Daniel, Johan Stenersen Jnr, Lone Korslund, Marc Schmidheiny, Petter Skavlan, Peter Watson, Henrik Zein, Harald Zwart
Editor
Per-Erik Eriksen, Martin Stoltz
Screenwriter
Petter Skavlan
Director of Photography
Geir Hartly Andreassen
Production Designer
Karl Júlíusson
Composer
Johan Söderqvist
Principal cast
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård

Genre

Action Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Recorded Picture Company (RPC)

24 Hanway Street
London
W1T 1UH
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7636 2251
Fax: +44 (0)20 7636 2261

Nordisk Film Production

Mosedalvej 14
2500 Valby
Denmark
Tel: +45 36188200
Fax: +45 36189300

DCM Productions

Schoenhauser Allee 8
Berlin 10119
Germany
Tel: +49 30 885 974 0

Sales Company

HanWay Films

24 Hanway Street
London
W1T 1UH
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7290 0750
Fax: +44 (0)20 7290 0751

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