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The Ra Expeditions (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1972 · 122 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Lennart Ehrenborg
- Starring
- Edward Woodward, Roscoe Lee Browne, Yuri Senkevich, Thor Heyerdahl, Abdullah Dilbrine, Norman Baker
Directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl, this 1972 documentary chronicles Heyerdahl’s 1969–70 Ra expeditions, in which papyrus‑built vessels attempted to cross the Atlantic, testing theories of ancient trans‑oceanic contact. The film earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
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