The NeverEnding Story poster

The NeverEnding Story Cast & Characters

The NeverEnding Story (1984) stars Noah Hathaway as Atreyu, Barret Oliver as Bastian and Tami Stronach as The Childlike Empress. The adventure movie was released July 20, 1984. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG 1984 · 1h 41m 72 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Screenplay

Wolfgang Petersen , Herman Weigel

Based on

Michael Ende

Producers

Bernd Schaefers , Mark Damon , Bernd Eichinger , Dieter Geissler , John W. Hyde

Music

Klaus Doldinger , Giorgio Moroder

Cinematography

Jost Vacano

Editor

Jane Seitz

Costume design

Count Ul De Rico , Diemut Remy

Casting

Risa Kes , Penny Perry

Full cast

22 cast members

The Childlike Empress

Alan Oppenheimer

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

Cairon - Empress' Servant

Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)

Morla the Ancient One (voice)

Bastian's Father

Darryl Cooksey

2nd Bully

Nicholas Gilbert

3rd Bully

Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian

School's Caretaker (uncredited)

Bernd Eichinger

Man Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Wolfgang Petersen

Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Giant Mushroom Creature (uncredited)

Fairy (uncredited)

The 2nd Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)

Crew by department

81 crew members

Directing

Wolfgang Petersen

Assistant Director

Michael Waldleitner

Assistant Director

Second Unit Director

Anette Haellmigk

First Assistant Camera

First Assistant Editor

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

Michael Boyadjiew

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Paula Swauger

Second Assistant Director

William W. Wilson III

Second Assistant Director

Writing

Wolfgang Petersen

Jimmy Stepanoff

Storyboard Artist

Josip Trupinovic

Storyboard Artist

Juan Japl

Storyboard Artist

Peter Classey

Storyboard Artist

Production

Bernd Eichinger

Bernd Schaefers

Producer

Dieter Geissler

Günter Rohrbach

Executive Producer

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Duncan Stewart

Production Accountant

Sigi Steiner

Production Accountant

Annie Nap-Oleon

Production Coordinator

Ilse Schwarzwald

Production Coordinator

Camera

Anton Egerer

Key Grip

Peter Maiwald

Camera Operator

Karl-Heinz Vogelmann

Still Photographer

Gaby Bzdega

Second Assistant Camera

Editing

Sound

Hans-Walter Kramski

Additional Dialogue

Music

Robert Hathaway

Theme Song Performance

Giorgio Moroder

Original Music Composer

Klaus Doldinger

Original Music Composer

Art

Herbert Strabel

Rolf Zehetbauer

Richard Eglseder

Property Master

Werner Runge

Property Master

Rolf Zehetbauer

Production Designer

Visual Effects

Special Effects

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Brigitta Ansary

Makeup Artist

Hedy Pollack

Makeup Artist

Horst Kirchberger

Makeup Artist

Count Ul De Rico

Costume Design

Katharina Litzinger

Wardrobe Master

Casting

Other

Mario Behr

Stunts

Kristina Brandner

Sharron Gold

Continuity

Count Ul De Rico

Creature Design

Elfriede Eitermoser

Negative Cutter

Peter Kahle

Negative Cutter

Stunt Coordinator

Renate Berger

Production Secretary