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Quest for Fire

Quest for Fire

Film · 1981

Original titleLa Guerre du feu

Original languageFrench

Runtime1 hour 40 minutes

GenreAdventureDramaFantasy

Set inc. 78,000 BCE≈ date uncertain
Letterboxd average
3.5 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0044Last checked

Directed byJean-Jacques Annaud
about 80,000 years
between the events and the release
about 78,000 BCE → 1981

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Production Information

Written by
Gérard Brach
Cinematography
Claude Agostini
Production design
Brian MorrisGuy J. Comtois
Costume design
John HayPenny Rose
Music by
Philippe Sarde
Production countries
CanadaFrance
Budget
$12 million
Box office
$55.3 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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