The adventurous life of Eduard Ingris
To prove his theory that the prehistoric inhabitants of the Pacific might be descendants of South American civilizations, the sailor and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl built a raft and set out to sea. He had the whole world and the whole wild Pacific against him. Eduard Ingris, a highly successful Czech conductor and composer, tramp and sailor, and later an award-winning filmmaker, followed his example and undertook two adventurous expeditions in the 1950s. He has shaken hands with presidents, befriended Hollywood celebrities, had his music nominated for an Academy Award, been an advisor to writer Ernest Hemingway and a friend of Thor Heyerdahl. And in his native country he almost fell into oblivion.
Based on the fate of Eduard Ingris, the documentary film Ingriš! Eduard Ingris (Petr Horký, 2006).