Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, and Denholm Elliott. Ford portrays Indiana Jones, a globe-trotting archaeologist vying with Nazi German forces in 1936 to recover the long-lost Ark of the Covenant, a relic said to make an army invincible. Teaming up with his tough former lover Marion Ravenwood (Allen), Jones races to stop rival archaeologist Dr. René Belloq (Freeman) from guiding the Nazis to the Ark and its power. Lucas conceived Raiders of the Lost Ark in the early 1970s. Seeking to modernize the serial films of the early 20th century, he developed the idea further with Kaufman, who suggested the Ark as the film's goal. Lucas eventually focused on developing his 1977 space opera Star Wars. Development on
Raiders of the Lost Ark es una película de acción-aventura estadounidense de 1981 dirigida por Steven Spielberg, con un guión de Lawrence Kasdan, basado en una historia de George Lucas y Philip Kaufman. Está protagonizada por Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, y Denholm Elliott. Ford retrata a Indiana Jones, un arqueólogo globalizador que lucha con las fuerzas nazis alemanas en 1936 para recuperar la Arca perdida del Pacto, una reliquia que se dice que hará a un ejército invencible. Combinando con su ex amante dura Marion Ravenwood (Allen), Jones se enfrenta a detener al arqueólogo rival Dr. René Belloq (Freeman) de guiar a los nazis a la Arca y al poder. Lucas concibió a Raiders of the Lost Ark en los inicios de los años 70.