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Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 16, 1981

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Adventure, Drama

User Score

71%

Original Title

La Guerre du feu

Production Companies

Belstar Productions, Stéphan Films, International Cinema Corporation (ICC), Ciné Trail, Gruskoff Film Organization, Royal Bank of Canada, Famous Players Limited, 20th Century Fox

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$55,260,558

Description

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.