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The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story
★ 7.2/10•1984•1h 41m•PG•Adventure•Fantasy•Family

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.

Wolfgang Petersen · Director

Wolfgang Petersen · Screenplay

Herman Weigel · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageDE
Release DateApr 6, 1984
Budget$27,000,000
Revenue$20,158,808

Actors

Noah Hathaway

Noah Hathaway

Atreyu

Barret Oliver

Barret Oliver

Bastian

Tami Stronach

Tami Stronach

The Childlike Empress

Alan Oppenheimer

Alan Oppenheimer

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

Sydney Bromley

Sydney Bromley

Engywook

Patricia Hayes

Patricia Hayes

Urgl

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Cairon - Empress' Servant

Frank Lenart

Frank Lenart

Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)

Robert Jadah

Morla the Ancient One (voice)

Gerald McRaney

Gerald McRaney

Bastian's Father

Tilo Prückner

Tilo Prückner

Night Hob

Deep Roy

Deep Roy

Teeny Weeny

Chris Eastman

Chris Eastman

1st Bully

Darryl Cooksey

2nd Bully

Nicholas Gilbert

3rd Bully

Thomas Hill

Thomas Hill

Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian

Recommendations

Ella Enchanted
The School of the Magical Animals
The Spiderwick Chronicles
A Tooth Fairy Tale
Bridge to Terabithia
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Wolfwalkers
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
The Black Cauldron
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Inkheart
The Magic Faraway Tree
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Legend of Ochi
The Blue Bird
The Hobbit
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Big Fish
A Monster Calls

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Alice in Wonderland
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White Fang
Oliver & Company
The Queen of Spades
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Legend
Queen of the Damned
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The Golden Bird
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