Quest for Fire

1981 100 min 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.

budget $12,000,000 earnings $55,260,558 return 4.6x

director Jean-Jacques Annaud

writer Gérard Brach