Quest for Fire (film)

Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) is a 1981 Canadian-French epic prehistoric adventure film set in Paleolithic Europe (80,000 years ago), with its plot surrounding the struggle for control of fire by early humans.
 * Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Produced by Denis Héroux and John Kemeny. Screenplay by Gérard Brach. Based on The Quest for Fire by J.-H. Rosny.

A Science Fantasy Adventure. (taglines)

Dialogue

 * [first lines of the film]
 * Title Card: 80,000 years ago, man's survival in a vast uncharted land depended on the possession of fire.
 * For those early humans, fire was an object of great mystery, since no one had mastered its creation.
 * Fire had to be stolen from nature, it had to be kept alive - sheltered from wind and rain, guarded from rival tribes.
 * Fire was a symbol of power and a means of survival. The tribe who possessed fire, possessed life.

Taglines

 * A Great Adventure.
 * A Science Fantasy Adventure.
 * The future began 80,000 years ago!
 * A primeval experience set 80,000 years ago.
 * The most extraordinary film of our generation.
 * Primitive tribes clash in desperate struggle for survival.
 * In the tradition of Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark - A GREAT ADVENTURE.
 * Fourteen years ago, 2001: A Space Odyssey was the astounding epic that aroused a generation, telling them where they might be headed. Now, 20th Century Fox presents a science fantasy adventure that will arouse this generation, telling them where we might have begun.

Cast

 * Everett McGill as Naoh.
 * Ron Perlman as Amoukar.
 * Nameer El-Kadi as Gaw.
 * Rae Dawn Chong as Ika.
 * Gary Schwartz as Rouka.
 * Naseer El-Kadi as Nam.
 * Franck-Olivier Bonnet as Aghu.
 * Jean-Michel Kindt as Lakar.


 * Kurt Schiegl as Faum.
 * Brian Gill as Modoc.
 * Terry Fitt as Hourk.
 * Bibi Caspari as Gammla.
 * Peter Elliott as Mikr.
 * Michelle Leduc as Matr.
 * Robert Lavoie as Tsor.
 * Matt Birman as Morah.


 * Joy Boushel as Sura.
 * Christian Benard as Umbre.
 * Tarlok Sing Seva as Tavawa.
 * Lolamal Kapisisi as Firemaker.
 * George Buza and Antonio Barichievich as Kzamm tribesmen.