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The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story

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

Part of The NeverEnding Story Collection

1984•1h 37m•7.2/10
AdventureFantasyFamilyDrama

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7.2/10(4K)

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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Production

Constantin Film, Bavaria Film

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

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

Darryl Cooksey

2nd Bully

Nicholas Gilbert

3rd Bully

Thomas Hill

Thomas Hill

Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian

Donald Arthur

School's Caretaker (uncredited)

Bernd Eichinger

Bernd Eichinger

Man Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Wolfgang Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen

Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Brian Wheeler

Giant Mushroom Creature (uncredited)

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