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1984 • 1h 37min • PG • Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family

The NeverEnding Story

"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.

IMDb 7.3

RT 83%

MC 49

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

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Wolfgang Petersen

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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)

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