Film Forum

West Germany, U.S., 1984
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
With Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn
Approx. 94 min. DCP.

Shy bullied schoolboy Bastian finds comfort hiding out in the school’s attic with his nose in a book — that is, until the magical (and in peril) kingdom of Fantasia becomes all too real. Will his imagination be enough to save the kingdom from being swallowed up by the dark storm known as The Nothing?

Reviews

“A marvelously realized flight of pure fantasy.”
– Variety

“A fairytale of the very best kind.”
– Time Out