Ra (film)
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Ra 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 Atlantic on papyrus
boats. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands...
about the expeditions organised by Thor Heyerdahl in 1969 and 1970 in attempt to cross Atlantic on papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
boats. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Academy Award for Documentary Feature
The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is among the most prestigious awards for documentary films.- Winners and nominees:Following the Academy's practice, films are listed below by the award year...
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Cast
- Norman BakerNorman Baker (explorer)Norman Kent Baker was navigator on Thor Heyerdahl's Ra, Ra II and Tigris reed boat expeditions. He was the co-author of Thor Heyerdahl and the Reed Boat Ra, a 1974 children's book on the expeditions....
- Roscoe Lee BrowneRoscoe Lee BrowneRoscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing.-Biography:Browne was the fourth son of a Baptist minister, Sylvanus S. Browne, and his wife Lovie...
as Narrator - Abdullah Djibrine
- Santiago Genovés
- Thor HeyerdahlThor HeyerdahlThor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands...
as Himself - Carlo MauriCarlo MauriCarlo Mauri was an Italian mountaineer and explorer.Mauri was born in Lecco. Among his early climbs in the Alps two stand out: the first winter ascent of the via Comici route on the northern face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo; and the first solitary ascent of the Poire of Mont Blanc.Numerous...
- Kei Ohara
- Madanni Ait Ouhanni
- Yuri SenkevichYuri SenkevichYuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich was a Soviet doctor, scientist. He is Candidate of Sciences. He became famous in the USSR and worldwide for his participation in the Ra Expedition, in which he sailed together with Thor Heyerdahl.Senkevich was born of Russian parents in Mongolia...
- Georges Sourial