Watch NowThe NeverEnding Story (1984)
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04/04/1985 (GB)
Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
1h 42m
- 72% (4166 votes)
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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.
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector, Screenplay
- Herman WeigelScreenplay
Original Title
Die unendliche Geschichte
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$27,000,000
Revenue
$20,158,808
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- wolf
- magic
- fairy tale
- horse
- mythology
- child hero
- anthropomorphism
- bully
- school
- creature
- reading
- book store
- fantasy world
- giant
- gnome
- quest
- child protagonist
- father son relationship
- based on young adult novel
- magical necklace
Top Billed 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
Recommendations
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (58%)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (73%)
Labyrinth (73%)
The Rescue (79%)
The Last Unicorn (72%)
The Pagemaster (64%)
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The Goonies (75%)
Rumble Fish (70%)
