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The NeverEnding Story
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The NeverEnding Story

1984 · 97 min Adventure Fantasy Family Drama
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Noah Hathaway

Noah Hathaway

Atreyu

Barret Oliver

Barret Oliver

Bastian

Tami Stronach

Tami Stronach

The Childlike Empress

Alan Oppenheimer

Alan Oppenheimer

Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)

Sydney Bromley

Sydney Bromley

Engywook

Patricia Hayes

Patricia Hayes

Urgl

Moses Gunn

Moses Gunn

Cairon - Empress' Servant

Frank Lenart

Frank Lenart

Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)

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Robert Jadah

Morla the Ancient One (voice)

Gerald McRaney

Gerald McRaney

Bastian's Father

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