The NeverEnding Story
Die unendliche Geschichte
A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!
Overview
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
- Budget
- $27,000,000
- Revenue
- $20,158,808
- Production
- Constantin Film, Bavaria Film
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Cast
Noah Hathaway
Atreyu
Barret Oliver
Bastian
Tami Stronach
The Childlike Empress
Alan Oppenheimer
Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
Patricia Hayes
Urgl
Moses Gunn
Cairon - Empress' Servant
Frank Lenart
Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)
Gerald McRaney
Bastian's Father
Tilo Prückner
Night Hob
Deep Roy
Teeny Weeny
Chris Eastman
1st Bully
Thomas Hill
Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian
Bernd Eichinger
Man Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Wolfgang Petersen
Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Silvia Seidel
Fairy (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Writers
- Wolfgang Petersen,Herman Weigel
- Cinematography
- Jost Vacano
- Composer
- Klaus Doldinger,Giorgio Moroder
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CinemaSerf
June 8, 2023
I remember seeing this film when I was young - spurred on by the Limahl theme song that was in the charts at the time, and rather enjoying it. Based on just the first half of Michael Ende's original novel, it's a gentle fantasy tale of a young boy - "Bastian" (Barret Oliver) - who is being bullied by three classmates. When one day he seeks refuge in a bookshop, the owner shows him a mysterious book that he "borrows" and reads - introducing him to the magical, and dangerous, kingdom of "Fantastic…
r96sk
August 2, 2024
A fantasy flick of real quality! I got to watch this at the cinema thanks to its release as part of its 40th anniversary, the second movie I've seen re-released on the big screen after <em>'Trainspotting'</em> back in May. That Danny Boyle flick from 1996 is great, as is this Wolfgang Petersen feature from 1984. I wasn't sure what to expect, I only knew of its genre and that famous theme song. One of the first things to note about <em>'The NeverEnding Story'</em> is how well it has aged, i…