---
title: 'The NeverEnding Story (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Petersen'
released: '1984-04-06'
runtime_minutes: 94
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-neverending-story-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088323/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The NeverEnding Story (1984)

1984 · PG · 94 min · Drama, Fantasy, Family · Germany

Original title: Die unendliche Geschichte
Part of: The NeverEnding Story

## Synopsis

The NeverEnding Story is a 1984 fantasy film, co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, based on the first half of the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. It was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Geissler, and stars Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney and Moses Gunn, with Alan Oppenheimer providing the voices of Falkor, Gmork, and others. It follows Bastian Balthazar Bux, a boy who finds a magical book that tells of a young warrior who is given the task of stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from engulfing the wonderland world of Fantasia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-petersen)
- **Screenplay:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-petersen), [Herman Weigel](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-weigel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Klaus Doldinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-doldinger)
- **Producer:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jost Vacano](https://cinepixo.com/people/jost-vacano)
- **Editor:** [Jane Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-seitz)

## Cast

- [Tilo Prückner](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilo-pruckner) as Whooshwoozool
- [Barret Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/barret-oliver) as Bastian Balthazar Bux
- [Thomas Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-hill) as Carl Conrad Coreander
- [Silvia Seidel](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvia-seidel)
- [Patricia Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-hayes) as Urgl
- [Gerald McRaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-mcraney)
- [Tami Stronach](https://cinepixo.com/people/tami-stronach) as The Childlike Empress
- [Deep Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/deep-roy) as Gluckuk
- [Noah Hathaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-hathaway) as Atreyu
- [Moses Gunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/moses-gunn) as Cairon
- [Sydney Bromley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-bromley) as Engywook

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-neverending-story-1984
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