Unendliche Geschichte, Die (1984)

Regisseur:

Wolfgang Petersen

Drehbuchautoren:

Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay) &
Herman Weigel (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

20. Juli 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Abenteuer | Drama | Fantasy

Werbezeile:

A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!

Plot:

A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.

Plot Keywords:

Atmospheric | Fantasy Reality Crossover | Wolf | Auryn | Despair

Filmpreise:

4 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

My life changed that autumn afternoon...

Besetzung

Barret Oliver	...	Bastian
Gerald McRaney	...	Bastian's Father
Drum Garrett	...	1st Bully
Darryl Cooksey	...	2nd Bully
Nicholas Gilbert	...	3rd Bully
Thomas Hill	...	Koreander
Deep Roy	...	Teeny Weeny
Tilo Prückner	...	Night Hob
Moses Gunn	...	Cairon
Noah Hathaway	...	Atreyu
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
Sydney Bromley	...	Engywook
Patricia Hayes	...	Urgl
Tami Stronach	...	The Childlike Empress

Alternativ:

The NeverEnding Story (UK) (USA)
The Neverending Story (International: English title)

Länge:

102 Min | 94 Min (international version)

Produktionsland:

Bundesrepublik Deutschland | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

New Zealand:G | South Korea:All | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:K-8 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG | West Germany:6 (w) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec)

Drehorte:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Firma:

Neue Constantin Film

Dies und das:

Falkore is actually a 43-foot long motorized creature with 6,000 plastic scales and pink feather-fur. His head his three feet tall and long, and has a long tongue in the mouth.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Toward the end of the movie while she is speaking with Atreyu, the middle two rows of beads in the head piece that the child-like empress is wearing, change position between closer together and further apart from 81:00 to 85:00 on the DVD.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Bastian's Father: Good morning, Bastian.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Wird parodiert in Imaginary Heroes (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Neverending Story

My life changed that autumn afternoon...

The Neverending story is by far the best "Fantasy" film ever made and I doubt that it will ever be topped. I saw this movie with my dad one cold autumn afternoon, and my life changed forever that day. This movie taught me that fantastic places and wonderful creatures really do exist. You only have to want them to. Even today, aged 23, working in the computer industry, I find myself slipping in the Neverending Story soundtrack in my CD player and dreaming away to Fantasia...

This movie the most beautiful and touching movies ever created. It's an example of a timeless story, told with wonderful creatures and dazzling vistas of the land of Fantasia. The amazing and perfect soundtrack help capture your heart and won't let go until the end credits fill the screen. At which time you notice that you've been crying for the last ½ hour. I consider myself extremely lucky that this wonderful movie was shown to me at such a young age, telling me that the world is what you make of it.

And luckily, this September I can watch it all on DVD!!

This is a masterpiece, nothing less