Quest for Fire
A Science Fantasy Adventure
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.
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Worldwide
- $55M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Quest for Fire returned 4.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $55M
- Release date
- Dec 16, 1981
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- No Language
- Country
- Canada, France
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