Michael Ende

The Neverending Story

The boy Bastian saves the crumbling realm of Fantastica: the line between reader and book blurs.

💡 Did you know? Ende was so unhappy with the 1984 film that he publicly distanced himself from it.

Momo

A girl fights the time-thieves who rob people of their leisure.

💡 Did you know? Many see „Momo“ as a prescient parable of our hectic present.

Luke

With the foundling Jim Button he has grand adventures aboard the engine Emma.

💡 Did you know? The Augsburger Puppenkiste made the story famous on television.

Fantasy

His „modern fairy tales“ often wrap up clever thoughts about reality.

💡 Did you know? Ende resisted being seen as merely a children’s author.

Bastian

He reads the mysterious book and becomes a character in the story himself.

💡 Did you know? His cry of „Moon Child!“ saves the world of Fantastica.

Falkor

The white, dog-headed luckdragon carries the hero Atreyu through Fantastica.

💡 Did you know? In the US film he is called „Falkor“.

the grey men

They talk people into saving and so rob them of their lived time.

💡 Did you know? Momo unmasks them with the help of the tortoise Cassiopeia.

Fantastica

The realm is devoured by the „Nothing“: an image of dwindling imagination.

💡 Did you know? Only a human child can save Fantastica by giving it a new name.

Michael Ende