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Status
Released
Release
1984
Runtime
1h 37m
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"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.
22 Cast Members
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
Tilo Prückner
Night Hob
Deep Roy
Teeny Weeny
Chris Eastman
1st Bully
Darryl Cooksey
2nd Bully
Nicholas Gilbert
3rd Bully
Thomas Hill
Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian
Donald Arthur
School's Caretaker (uncredited)
Bernd Eichinger
Man Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Wolfgang Petersen
Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)
Brian Wheeler
Giant Mushroom Creature (uncredited)
