Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- wolf
- magic
- fairy tale
- horse
- mythology
- child hero
- anthropomorphism
- bully
- school
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Written
- Herman Weigel, Wolfgang Petersen
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 4,486 ratings
- Studio
- Constantin Film, Bavaria Film
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1984 · You’re hereThe NeverEnding Story
Where it starts.
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter
1990
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
