| Release Date: | Jan 1986 |
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| Genres: | Fantasy / Drama / Adventure |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. |
| Cast: | Daryl Hannah (Ayla), Pamela Reed (Iza), James Remar (Creb), Thomas G. Waites (Broud), John Doolittle (Brun), Curtis Armstrong (Goov), Martin Doyle (Grod), Tony Montanaro (Zoug), Mike Muscat (Dorv), John Wardlow (Droog), Keith Wardlow (Crug), Barbara Duncan (Uka), Gloria Lee (Oga), Janne Mortil (Ovra), Lycia Naff (Uba), Linda Quibell (Aga), Bernadette Sabath (Ebra), Penny A. Mesa (Ika), Penny Smith (Ika), Joey Cramer (Young Broud), Rory L. Crowley (Durc), Nicole Eggert (Middle Ayla), Emma Floria (Young Ayla), Pierre Lamielle (Brac), Mary Reid (Ayla's Mother), Samantha Ostry (Young Uba), Shane Punt (Young Vorn), Christiane Boyce (Baby Durc), Catherine Flather (Baby Durc), Amy Cyr (Young Girl #3), Colin Doyle (Young Boy), Natino Bellantoni (Gorn), Rick Valiquette (Voord), Alan Waltman (Norg), Paul Carafotes (Brug), Salome Jens (Narrator (voice)), Bart the Bear (The Bear) |
At a time in prehistory when Neanderthals shared the Earth with early Homo sapiens, a band of cave-dwellers adopt blond and blue-eyed Ayla, a child of the "Others". As Ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage (unlike other women of the clan), she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of Broud, who will one day be clan leader. Based on Jean M. Auel's popular book, there is minimal narration; subtitles translate the Neanderthal gestures and primitive spoken language.
