Quest for Fire (also
La Guerre du feu) is a
1981 fantasy film which tells the story of prehistoric humans who travel their dangerous world in
search of a flame to rekindle their lost fire. It stars
Everett McGill,
Ron Perlman,
Nameer El-Kadi and
Rae Dawn Chong.
The movie was adapted by Gérard Brach from the novel by J.H. Rosny Sr.. It was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The invented language spoken by the prehistoric humans was invented by Anthony Burgess.
It won the Academy Award for Makeup.
