Disbelieving he has been incorporated with the story, he denies these events actually happened. As the Nothing begins to consume the Tower, the Empress explains that Bastian must call out her new name to save Fantasia. She further explains that, just as Bastian is following Atreyu's story, "others" are following Bastian's, making this part of the Neverending Story. Inside, Atreyu apologizes for failing the Empress, but she assures him that he has succeeded in bringing to her a human child who has been following his quest – Bastian. The two find themselves in a void with only small fragments of Fantasia remaining, fearing that they have failed, until they spot the Empress' Ivory Tower among the fragments. Atreyu battles and kills Gmork, as the Nothing begins to consume the ruins.įalkor manages to retrieve the Auryn and rescue Atreyu. Gmork then reveals himself and explains that Fantasia represents humanity's imagination and is thus without boundaries, while the Nothing is a manifestation of the loss of hopes and dreams. He wakes on the shore of some abandoned ruins, where he finds several murals depicting his adventure, including one of Gmork. In flight, Atreyu is knocked from Falkor's back into the Sea of Possibilities, losing the Auryn in the process.
Atreyu and Falkor flee, as the Nothing consumes the Southern Oracle. Atreyu eventually meets the Southern Oracle, who tells him that the only way to save the Empress is to find a human child who lives beyond the boundaries of Fantasia to give her a new name. Atreyu crosses the first gate, but is perplexed when the second gate-a mirror that shows the viewer's true self-reveals a boy which Bastian recognizes as himself. Falkor takes him to the home of two gnomes who live near the gates to the Southern Oracle. Gmork closes in as Atreyu succumbs to exhaustion trying to escape the Swamps, but is narrowly saved by the luck dragon Falkor. Morla does not have the answers Atreyu seeks, but directs him to the Southern Oracle, ten thousand miles distant. Though the Auryn protects Atreyu, his beloved horse Artax is lost to the swamp, and he continues alone. As Atreyu sets out, the Nothing summons a vicious and highly intelligent wolf-like creature named Gmork to kill Atreyu.Ītreyu's quest directs him to the giant, turtle-like adviser Morla the Ancient One in the Swamps of Sadness. Atreyu is given a medallion called the Auryn that can guide and protect him in the quest. 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. The book describes the fantasy world of Fantasia slowly being devoured by a malevolent force called "The Nothing". With his curiosity piqued, Bastian secretly takes the book, titled The Neverending Story, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the school's attic to read. Bastian's interest in books leads him to ask about the one Coreander is reading, but the bookseller advises against reading it, saying that it is not a "safe" story like regular books. One day on his way to school, Bastian is chased by bullies but escapes by hiding in a bookstore, annoying the bookseller, Mr. Coreander. Ten-year-old Bastian Bux is a shy and outcast bibliophile and lives with his widowed father. The third film, The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994), has an original plot not based on the book.
The second half of the book was subsequently used as a rough basis for the second film, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). The film adapts only the first half of the book, and consequently does not convey the message of the title as it was portrayed in the novel.
The film was the first in The NeverEnding Story film series. The film follows a boy who happens upon 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.Īt the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union. It stars Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney and Moses Gunn, with Alan Oppenheimer providing the voices of both Falkor and Gmork ( as well as other characters). The film was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler. The NeverEnding Story ( German: Die Unendliche Geschichte) is a 1984 English-language West German-American fantasy film co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (in his first English-language film), and based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.
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