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📅 1984 ⏱ 1h 37min PG Released FHD / 4K

The NeverEnding Story

Die unendliche Geschichte

"A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!"

AdventureFantasyFamilyDrama

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.

🎬 DirectorWolfgang Petersen

📅 Release1984-04-06

🌍 CountryGermany

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioConstantin Film, Bavaria Film

🗳 Votes4,295

🔥 Popularity6

💰 Budget$27,000,000

💵 Revenue$20,158,808

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🎭 Cast

Noah Hathaway

Atreyu

Barret Oliver

Bastian

Tami Stronach

The Childlike Empress

Alan Oppenheimer

Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)

Sydney Bromley

Engywook

Patricia Hayes

Urgl

Moses Gunn

Cairon - Empress' Servant

Frank Lenart

Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)

Robert Jadah

Morla the Ancient One (voice)

Gerald McRaney

Bastian's Father

Tilo Prückner

Night Hob

Deep Roy

Teeny Weeny

Chris Eastman

1st Bully

Darryl Cooksey

2nd Bully

Nicholas Gilbert

3rd Bully

🎥 Crew

DirectorWolfgang Petersen

Art DirectionJohann Kott

ProducerBernd Schaefers

Special EffectsColin Arthur

ProducerDieter Geissler

Costume DesignCount Ul De Rico

ScreenplayWolfgang Petersen

Costume DesignDiemut Remy

ProducerBernd Eichinger

Additional DialogueRobert Easton

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🏷 Keywords

based on novel or bookwolfmagicfairy talehorsemythologychild heroanthropomorphismbullyschoolcreaturereading

💬 Reviews

CinemaSerf⭐ 6/10

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 boo…

r96sk⭐ 9/10

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. …