Fleeing from the abuse he receives from the rude students, a young boy, Bastain, who suffers after the death of his mother, as he feels lonely, enters a bookshop, where he finds an old book that leads him to a series of terrible, as he finds himself involved in wars and has to set the kingdom free, from evil.
22 December 1909, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
1 December 1957, Nairobi, Kenya
14 March 1941, Emden, Germany
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
24 August 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
September 23, 1969 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
11 April 1949, Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany
May 28, 1925 in Kiel, Germany
13 November 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 July 1972, Tehran, Iran
23 April 1930, New York City, New York, USA
December 19, 1958 in Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK [now Pemberton, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK]
2 October 1929, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
26 October 1940, Augsburg, Germany
24 July 1909, London, England, UK
19 August 1947, Collins, Mississippi, USA
2 June 1927, Landour, Mussoorie, India
31 December 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
November 16, 2014
This utterly enchanting, family treat of a film should leave you and yours wide-eyed with wonder.January 26, 2006
A fairytale of the very best kind.October 23, 2004
The world of this movie looks like a very particular place, and the art direction involved a lot of imagination.November 26, 2012
A marvelously realized flight of pure fantasy.August 30, 2004
The Neverending Story may have cost a mint to produce, but the result is bargain-basement.November 15, 2013
The story is a touch simplistic, but Petersen's direction is assured and children will be dazzled by the imaginative effects and stunning sets.November 15, 2013
It pokes along at times and lapses occasionally into dark moments of preachy philosophy, but this is still a charming, amusing and harmless film for kids.November 15, 2013
Fantasies as hearty and original as this are rare at the movies.July 21, 2014
Something dark, entrancing and even a little special.July 16, 2013
Here is a little adventure that fed on our uncultivated need to think, and wonder. It gave many of us our first taste of cinematic possibility.November 26, 2012
Despite the sophistication of the source material, the film isn't particularly successful.August 31, 2016
Carries with it a healthy amount of menace, and intensity, but it's also a remarkable adventure.