The NeverEnding Story is a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen in 1984 and based on the book of the same name by Michael Ende, first published in 1979. The movie features Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Moses Gunn, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, and others.
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Storyline
10-year-old Bastian Bux is a shy and outcast bibliophile who lives in the fictional city of De Forest, Washington. The Childlike Empress who rules Fantasia has fallen ill, and the young warrior Atreyu is tasked to discover a cure, believing that once the Empress is well, the Nothing will no longer be a threat.
Movie vs Book
Year
1984
Minutes
102
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
The NeverEnding Story
Original title: Die unendliche Geschichte
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Country: West Germany
Year: 1984
Length: 1h42m
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Year
1979
Pages
396
Book Rate
8.32
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Book
The Neverending Story
Original title: Die unendliche Geschichte
Author: Michael Ende
Country: Germany
First published in: 1979
Length: 396 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by George Miller
User polls & recommendations
“Movies adapted from books never feel like enough. There's always too much cut out in the end.”
JEREMY SISTO (Actor)
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