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Film · Family, Adventure, Fantasy

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

★ 7.2 · 4,561 votes1 h 41 minFamily, Adventure, Fantasy1984

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

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.

Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Writers
Wolfgang Petersen, Michael Ende, Herman Weigel
Country
Germany
Language
German
Release date
April 6, 1984
Original title
Die unendliche Geschichte

The NeverEnding Story cast

  • Noah HathawayAtreyu
  • Barret OliverBastian
  • Tami StronachThe Childlike Empress
  • Alan OppenheimerRockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
  • Sydney BromleyEngywook
  • Patricia HayesUrgl
  • Moses GunnCairon - Empress' Servant
  • Frank LenartTeeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)
  • Robert JadahMorla the Ancient One (voice)
  • Gerald McRaneyBastian's Father
  • Tilo PrücknerNight Hob
  • Deep RoyTeeny Weeny
  • Chris Eastman1st Bully
  • Darryl Cooksey2nd Bully
  • Nicholas Gilbert3rd Bully
  • Thomas HillCarl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian
  • Donald ArthurSchool's Caretaker (uncredited)
  • Bernd EichingerMan Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
  • Wolfgang PetersenMan Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
  • Brian WheelerGiant Mushroom Creature (uncredited)
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