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.
AdventureFantasyFamilybased on novel or bookwolfmagicfairy talehorsemythologychild heroanthropomorphismbullyschoolcreaturereading
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Character
Epic, earnest, grave and richly built.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
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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
Crew
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector
- Wolfgang PetersenScreenplay
- Herman WeigelScreenplay
- Michael EndeNovel
- Jost VacanoDirector of Photography
- Klaus DoldingerOriginal Music Composer
- Giorgio MoroderOriginal Music Composer
- Jane SeitzEditor
- Bernd SchaefersProducer
- Bernd EichingerProducer
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Both epic, earnest.
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