The NeverEnding Story (film series)

The NeverEnding Story
Directed by
Based onThe Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
Produced by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
1984–1994
Running time
279 minutes
Countries
  • West Germany
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

The NeverEnding Story (German: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a West German/American-produced English language epic fantasy film series based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Michael Ende.

The original 1984 film, The NeverEnding Story, was directed and co-written by Wolfgang Petersen and was later followed by two sequels.[1]

The first film adapted the first half of the original novel, while the second half of the novel was used as the rough basis for the second film, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter.[2]

The third film in the series, The NeverEnding Story III, has an original plot.[3]

  1. ^ Variety staff (1984-01-01). "The Neverending Story Review". Variety. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
  2. ^ Maslin, Janet (February 9, 1991). "Review/Film; In Fantasia, the End May Be in Sight". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Derek Elley (December 26, 1994). "Review: "The Neverending Story III"". Variety.