The Neverending Story (Captioned)

Germany (West), 1984

Film
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A young boy escapes the neighbourhood bullies by retreating into a mysterious book that takes him into a shimmering fantasy world of creatures, giant forests and massive oceans. It is an awesome world, but a world in decay, and its existence is being threatened. Rated: G.

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Credits

director

Wolfgang Petersen

co-producer

Bernard Eichinger

Dieter Geissler

Duration

01:33:00:00

Production places
Germany (West)
Production dates
1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324585

Language

English

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q316555

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