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The NeverEnding Story

Original title: Die unendliche Geschichte

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

  • Movie
  • 1984
  • PG
  • 1h 41m

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen

7.2

TMDB audience rating
7.2 out of 10 from 4,569 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Noah Hathaway

    Noah HathawayAtreyu

  • Barret Oliver

    Barret OliverBastian

  • Tami Stronach

    Tami StronachThe Childlike Empress

  • Alan Oppenheimer

    Alan OppenheimerRockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)

  • Sydney Bromley

    Sydney BromleyEngywook

  • Patricia Hayes

    Patricia HayesUrgl

  • Moses Gunn

    Moses GunnCairon - Empress' Servant

  • Frank Lenart

    Frank LenartTeeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)

  • Robert JadahMorla the Ancient One (voice)

  • Gerald McRaney

    Gerald McRaneyBastian's Father

  • Tilo Prückner

    Tilo PrücknerNight Hob

  • Deep Roy

    Deep RoyTeeny Weeny

  • Chris Eastman

    Chris Eastman1st Bully

  • Darryl Cooksey2nd Bully

  • Nicholas Gilbert3rd Bully

  • Thomas Hill

    Thomas HillCarl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian

  • Donald ArthurSchool's Caretaker (uncredited)

  • Bernd Eichinger

    Bernd EichingerMan Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Writer
Wolfgang Petersen, Michael Ende and Herman Weigel
Music
Klaus Doldinger and Giorgio Moroder
Cinematography
Jost Vacano