The NeverEnding Story

Germany, 1984

Film
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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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Credits

director

Wolfgang Petersen

costume design

Count Ul De Rico

Diemut Remy

producer

Bernd Eichinger

Bernd Schaefers

Dieter Geissler

production company

Bavaria Film

Bavaria Studios

Constantin Film

Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

PSO

Warner Bros. Pictures

WDR

production design

Rolf Zehetbauer

production designer

Rolf Zehetbauer

screenplay

Herman Weigel

Wolfgang Petersen

visual effects

Carlo Rambaldi

Duration

01:42:00

Production places
Germany
Production dates
1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-34584

Language

English

Subject categories

Adventure

Drama

Family

Fantasy

TMDB-Movie

34584

Wikidata

Q316555

Collected

2 times

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