The Ra Expeditions

The Ra Expeditions

The Ra Expeditions

7.0/ 10

TMDB Rating

20

Votes

View on IMDb →

1972

Release Year

122 min

Runtime

Documentary

Overview

Ra [also known as The Ra Expeditions] is a 1972 documentary film directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl about the expeditions organised by Thor Heyerdahl in 1969 and 1970 in attempt to cross the Atlantic on papyrus boats. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Keywords

ocean crossing

atlantic

thor heyerdahl

papyrus

Cast

Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl

Himself

Norman Baker

Himself

Roscoe Lee Browne

Roscoe Lee Browne

Narrator

Carlo Mauri

Carlo Mauri

Himself

Abdullah Dilbrine

Himself

Santiago Geneves

Himself

Kei Ohara

Himself

Mandane Ait Ouhanni

Himself

Yuri Senkevich

Yuri Senkevich

Self

Georges Sourial

Himself

Images

The Ra Expeditions image 1

Reviews(1)

7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 22, 2026

7

7/10

Twenty years on from his Polynesian Kon-Tiki expedition, Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl has decided to explore whether or not it might be possible to travel from Africa to America on a boat built only from reed, rope and wood. With the Great Pyramid of Khufu looking on, he and a team of highly …

Download Subtitles

Looking for subtitles in another language? Browse all subtitles in 50+ languages →