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Quest for Fire (1981)

"A Science Fantasy Adventure"

7.0/10 1h 40m Dec 16, 1981
Adventure Drama

In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.

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Movie Details

Original Title La Guerre du feu
Original Language FR
Budget $12,000,000
Revenue $55,260,558
Status Released
Popularity 1.6

Cast

Everett McGill
Everett McGill
Naoh
Popularity: 1.3
Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman
Amoukar
Popularity: 5.0
Nicholas Kadi
Nicholas Kadi
Gaw
Popularity: 0.5
Rae Dawn Chong
Rae Dawn Chong
Ika
Popularity: 2.4
Gary Schwartz
Gary Schwartz
Rouka - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 0.6
Naseer El-Kadi
Naseer El-Kadi
Nam - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 0.2
Franck-Olivier Bonnet
Franck-Olivier Bonnet
Aghoo - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 0.6
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Jean-Michel Kindt
Lakar - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 0.2
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Kurt Schiegl
Faum - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 1.6
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Brian Gillin
Modoc - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 0.1
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Terry Fitt
Hourk - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 0.0
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Bibi Caspari
Gammla - tribu Ulam
Popularity: 0.0

Key Crew

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writer Gérard Brach
Editor Yves Langlois
Producer Denis Héroux

Production

Belstar Productions
Stéphan Films
FR
International Cinema Corporation (ICC)
CA
Ciné Trail
Gruskoff Film Organization
Royal Bank of Canada

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Quest for Fire (1981) - Trailer
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Keywords

fire based on novel or book mammoth stone age bear prehistory ape man saber-toothed tiger cavemen neanderthal wolves cenozoic

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Nov 27, 2023

Without even a bar from "Thus Spake Zarathustra", Jean-Jacques Annaud takes us on some brutal and authentic time travel back to caveman days. That's where we encounter three warriors who are violently dispossessed of their home (and their fire) and find themselves at the mercy of the wilderness, the ... Read more

Wuchak 6/10
Aug 16, 2024

**_A well-done fantastical portrayal of early humans_** After a tribe of cave-dwelling homo sapiens in prehistory are attacked by neanderthals, three members of the group (Everett McGill, Ron Perlman and Nicholas Kadi) leave to apprehend fire, since they don’t know how to create it themselves. ... Read more

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Details
Release Date December 16, 1981
Runtime 1h 40m
Budget $12,000,000
Revenue $55,260,558
Language FR
Status Released
Popularity 1.6
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