Where was Quest for Fire filmed?
1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Quest for Fire (1981) was filmed in Vancouver Island, Lake Magadi, Bruce Peninsula, Niagara Escarpment, MacMillan Provincial Park and Lion's Head, 6 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming section, in Canada, Kenya. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Iceland, Kenya. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data
Places per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 6 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
-
🏞 Landscapes & nature
Vancouver Island
🇨🇦 Canada
island of British Columbia, Canada
“The opening sequence was filmed at Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada for the forest scenes, whereas the cave home was filmed at Greig's Caves on the Bruce Peninsula along the Niagara Escarpment near Lion's Head, Ontario.” Wikipedia
-
🏞 Landscapes & nature
MacMillan Provincial Park
🇨🇦 Canada
park in British Columbia, Canada
-
🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lake Magadi
🇰🇪 Kenya
lake in Kajiado County, Kenya
“The movie was filmed on location in the Scottish Highlands, and in Kenya at Tsavo National Park and Lake Magadi.” Wikipedia
-
🏞 Landscapes & nature
Bruce Peninsula
🇨🇦 Canada
peninsula in Southern Ontario, Canada
-
🏞 Landscapes & nature
Niagara Escarpment
🇨🇦 Canada
Escarpment in Canada and the United States
-
🏙 Towns & cities
Lion's Head
🇨🇦 Canada
community in Ontario, Canada
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Iceland, Kenya, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Iceland · Kenya
Also shot in these places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Quest for Fire have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 6 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The 13th Warrior (1999), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.