Archival footage and diary entries piece together Ahto Valter's 1938-1940 trip around the world on his eponymous sailboat.Archival footage and diary entries piece together Ahto Valter's 1938-1940 trip around the world on his eponymous sailboat.Archival footage and diary entries piece together Ahto Valter's 1938-1940 trip around the world on his eponymous sailboat.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination
Ahto Valter
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ewen Duff Walter
- Self
- (as Ewan Duff 'Ted' Walter)
Marius Peterson
- Ahto Valter
- (voice)
Lembit Peterson
- Rudolf Valter
- (voice)
Jim Baillie
- Self
- (archive footage)
Rowena Bray
- Self
- (archive footage)
Alain Gerbault
- Self
- (archive footage)
Philip King
- Self
- (archive footage)
Morson Macrae
- Self
- (archive footage)
Betty Mitchell
- Self
- (archive footage)
Rudolf Pahlberg
- Self
- (archive footage)
William Stein
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jariilo Valter
- Self
- (archive footage)
Kõu Valter
- Self
- (archive footage)
Leena Valter
- Self
- (archive footage)
Rudolf Valter
- Self
- (archive footage)
Uku Valter
- Self
- (archive footage)
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Storyline
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- TriviaDirector Jaanis Valk has said that this movie took 9 years to make.
- Crazy creditsAn epilogue is shown during the final credits:
Ahto was fighting a serious disease at the end of the 1980s. He was last seen on the pier in the early hours... Ahto became one with the water on 1 July 1991.
Ted's godmother Rowena Bray travels to Canada. Her relationship with Jim Baillie ends and Rowena returns to Australia.
Ted's godfather Jim Baillie joins a special unit of the Canadian navy and is a lieutenant on a warship by the time the war ends.
Philip King joins the navy in England as a volunteer and is a captain on a warship by the time the war ends. Betty Mitchell returns to Australia and marries. Philip King remains a bachelor for the rest of his life.
William Stein reaches his goal and loses 20 kg during the voyage. He serves in the U.S. army in Italy and later on becomes the Head of the Anthropology Department at Kansas University.
Alain Gerbault turns his back on the Western way of life and spends his days sailing the Pacific Ocean. He never meets Ahto again.
The Angermayers remain friends with Ahto who visits them several times. Their family still lives in the Galapagos.
Morson Macrae returns to Canada with his footage. 80 years after the voyage, his material is finally seen by the public.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hommik Anuga: Episode dated 11 March 2018 (2018)
- SoundtracksEvelyn
Composed by Keith Kenniff as Goldmund
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- Country of origin
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- Languages
- Also known as
- Ahto. Unistuste jaht
- Filming locations
- New York City, New York, USA(archive footage)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
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By what name was Ahto. Chasing a Dream (2018) officially released in Canada in English?
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