---
title: 'Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Steven Spielberg'
released: '1981-06-12'
runtime_minutes: 115
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

1981 · PG · 115 min · Action · United States

Part of: Indiana Jones

## Synopsis

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, a globetrotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant which is said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former romantic interest Marion Ravenwood, Jones races to stop a rival archaeologist, René Belloq, from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall), [George Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lucas), [Howard Kazanjian](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-kazanjian)
- **Director:** [Steven Spielberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-spielberg)
- **Screenplay:** [George Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lucas), [Philip Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-kaufman), [Lawrence Kasdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-kasdan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Michael Kahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kahn)

## Cast

- [Anthony Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-higgins) as Major Gobler
- [Alfred Molina](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-molina) as Satipo
- [Wolf Kahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-kahler) as Nazi officer Colonel Dietrich
- [John Rhys-Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rhys-davies) as Sallah
- [Denholm Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/denholm-elliott) as Marcus Brody
- [Don Fellows](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-fellows) as Colonel Musgrove
- [Pat Roach](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-roach) as Nazi
- [Tutte Lemkow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tutte-lemkow)
- [Paul Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-freeman) as René Belloq
- [William Hootkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hootkins) as Major Eaton
- [Sonny Caldinez](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonny-caldinez)
- [Dennis Muren](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-muren)
- [Karen Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-allen) as Marion Ravenwood
- [George Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harris) as Simon Katanga
- [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall) as the Flying Wing pilot

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981
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