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Quest for Fire

1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Summary

Quest for Fire is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,101 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Saturn Award for Best International Film[3], Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[4]
  • Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud[5]
  • Screenwriter: Gérard Brach[6]
  • Composer: Philippe Sarde[7]
  • Genre: fantasy film[8], drama film[9]
  • Based on: The Quest for Fire[10]
  • Cast member: Everett McGill[11], Ron Perlman[12], Rae Dawn Chong[13], Nicholas Kadi[14], Franck-Olivier Bonnet[15], Robert Lavoie[16], George Buza[17], Joy Boushel[18], Great Antonio[19], Gary Schwartz[20], Kurt Schiegl[21]
  • Producer: Véra Belmont[22], Denis Héroux[23], John Kemeny[24], Jacques Dorfmann[25]
  • Director of photography: Claude Agostini[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: artistic language[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 7.4/10[29], 88%[30], 79/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: France[33], Canada[34]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1981[35], March 4, 1982[36], December 16, 1981[37], February 10, 1982[38], February 12, 1982[39]
  • Distributed by: MOKÉP[40], Netflix[41]
  • Narrative location: Europe[42]
  • Filming location: Iceland[43], Kenya[44]
  • Film editor: Yves Langlois[45]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[46]
  • Executive producer: Michael Gruskoff[47]
  • Title: La Guerre du feu[48]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[49]
  • After a work by: J.-H. Rosny aîné[50]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[51]

Why It Matters

Quest for Fire has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

FAQs

What awards did Quest for Fire receive?

Honors received include Saturn Award for Best International Film[3] and Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling[4].

Related Entities

Canada film France Iceland Jean-Jacques Annaud John Hay Kenya Netflix Ron Perlman

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . the-numbers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . CineTV. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Unifrance. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Unifrance. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . zweitausendeins.de. zweitausendeins.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he',
    Ampas collections film id → W068396
    Sitelink count → 29
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → Stone Age
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  3. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 2295
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  4. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    César award film id → 32871
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ César award film id: 32871, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296258026|La guerre du feu (#296258026)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8117|César film ID]] "
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1981-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1982-03-04T00:00:00Z, +1981-12-16T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Gérard Brach
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+105'}
    Original language of film or tv show → artistic language
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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