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Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire

A Science Fantasy Adventure

19817.01h 40m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Written by Gérard Brach
Produced by Denis Héroux, John Kemeny
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $55.3M

Top Cast

Everett McGill

Everett McGill

Naoh

Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman

Amoukar

Nicholas Kadi

Nicholas Kadi

Gaw

Rae Dawn Chong

Rae Dawn Chong

Ika

Gary Schwartz

Gary Schwartz

Rouka - tribu Ulam

Naseer El-Kadi

Naseer El-Kadi

Nam - tribu Ulam

Franck-Olivier Bonnet

Franck-Olivier Bonnet

Aghoo - tribu Ulam

J

Jean-Michel Kindt

Lakar - tribu Ulam

K

Kurt Schiegl

Faum - tribu Ulam

B

Brian Gillin

Modoc - tribu Ulam

Themes & Keywords

firebased on novel or bookmammothstone agebearprehistoryape mansaber-toothed tigercavemenneanderthalwolvescenozoicpleistocene

About Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire is a adventure, drama film released in 1981 exploring themes of fire, based on novel or book, mammoth, stone age, bear, prehistory. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, it stars Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi. 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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