The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

• Jonathan Brandis: Bastian Bux
• Kenny Morrison: Atreyu
• Clarissa Burt: Xayide
• John Wesley Shipp: Bastian's father
• Martin Umbach: Nimbly
• Helena Michell: Bastian's mother
• Alexandra Johnes: The childlike empress
• Angélique Adell: Princess Oglamar
• Thomas Hill: Karl Konrad coriander
• Donald Arthur: Voice of Fuchur

The Neverending Story II - In Search of Fantastica is a German - American fantasy film directed by George Trumbull Miller from 1990, he is the second adaptation of the novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende and the continuation of the eponymous film of 1984..

Action

Bastian would like to be added to the swim team his school. To this end, he has to jump from a diving board, before which, however, he is afraid. He looks back to Korea DERs bookseller, to borrow a guide about courage when he "The Neverending Story " and the Childlike Empress discovered calling for him listening to his well-known book: Fantastica is in danger, and Bastian would necessarily help. The boy grabs the book and lands again in Fantastica.

There he made ​​the acquaintance of a talking bird in human form called Nimbly. In addition, he meets his friend Atréju again. They are making rapid acquaintance with the so-called giants begin to destroy Fantastica. Only through the rock biter, who complained that the stones are no longer appropriate as food because they are hollow, Bastian realizes that the emptiness spreads in Fantastica. It is caused by the dark witch Xayide who wants to seize power of Fantastica itself. To keep Bastian of the rescue, Xayides inventor Three face has developed an apparatus with which Bastian by each desire that it fulfills the amulet Auryn, lose a memory. Your spy Nimbly to Bastian persuaded because of it, as often as possible to want something until he has finally lost all memories and therefore no longer knows why he is actually coming to Fantastica.

Bastian and Atreyu embark on the search for Xayide and can finally capture. She agrees to accompany the boys to the Childlike Empress, and are apparently their quest for power on. On the way to the ivory tower but Atreyu notice that they move in circles and did not come closer to the tower. However, Bastian is of the opinion that this does not agree, because the landscape has changed, and can be more and more on Xayide, which of course has not given up still their goals and tries instead to Bastian a silly desire for the next to persuade him to steal his memories.

Meanwhile, Bastian's father has noticed the disappearance of his son. In the boy's room he finds the book - and on the front cover of a label with the address of Korea DERs bookseller. He rushes to the store to confront the owner with the book, but when it opens coriander, the sticker is gone. The father leaves the shop again. When he wants to go to the secondhand book shop later, he finds only an empty and apparently some time ago abandoned shop; of coriander no trace. The father is back on the journey home. Move works the book by chance on, and the father discovered that a chapter begins with the name of his son, causing him to read the book. He understands very quickly that he reads the story of his son, and shall no longer the book out of hand.

In the meantime, Atreyu has figured out what Xayide up to. This, in turn, Bastian has been told that Atreyu was jealous of him. Therefore, he does not believe, as Atreyu tells him the truth. In a fight between the two Atréju plunges down a rock and remains motionless. However, only shortly after Bastian discovered even the apparatus with his own memories - it is only two remained, namely to his mother and to his father. To bring Atreyu back to life, he sacrifices his penultimate memory. In the final battle, has arrived as Xayide almost at the goal of their wishes, Bastian also uses his last wish: He wishes that Xayide has a heart. Through this desire Xayide is destroyed with all its giants. Bastian gets his memories back, and Fantastica is saved.

To be able to return to his world, he has to jump from a high cliff. With his father, who vehemently cheering him when reading the book, which can listen Bastian help, he manages the jump.

Reviews

" Luxuriously styled adventure and fantasy film based in principle on the second half of the successful novel of the same name by Michael Ende. In view of the vainglorious banns of effects and materials lost the poetry of the substance, so that the film can be largely unaffected. "

Background

• The main characters were completely replaced. Jonathan Brandis takes over the role of Bastian of Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway and Kenny Morrison triggers as Atreyu from. However, remains and is the performer of the coriander, Thomas Hill.
• The figure Nimbly does not exist in the novel.
• George Trumbull Miller directed and thus took over the post of Wolfgang Petersen.
• The buildings of this emerged in the Bavaria Film, Munich, built by Götz Weidner.
• The creative designs of the buildings date from Angerer the Elder, who became the conceptional Artist ( conceptual designs ) called with a single card. For examples, see: the silver city Amarganth, Castle Horok etc.
• Parts of the original buildings and figures were used as decoration of the 1996 Ride Gremlins in the amusement park Warner Bros. Movie World, which was no longer used after 2004. With the remodeling of the hall in 2010, these were apparently disposed of.