"Der Film
Die Unendliche Geschichte"
Literature
Novel by Michael Ende
Books about the movie

Eyssen, Remy: Der Film Die unendliche Geschichte: Story, Dreharbeiten, Hintergrundberichte, Heyne-Verlag, München, 1984, ISBN 3-453-02001-4., 190 Seiten

It is a very interesting book for fans of the NES movie. The reader experiences the whole film shooting so realistic like he would have been there. He sees the work of the special effects crew, the camera mans, the actors, but also of the producer and the director. So the book contains many fascinating informations about the work on the stage. With problems, surprices and a lot of anecdotes the author tell all important events during the film shooting. In the book we find many beautiful fotographs as support for the author words .

Contents

  • Die Story (The story)
  • Das Projekt (The project)
  • Die Planung (Planing)
  • Das Buch (The book)
  • Die Jagd nach dem Drehbuch (hunting the plot)
  • Ein Autor wird sauer (An author becomes angry)
  • Eichinger legt los (Eichinger starts)
  • Ein Buch nach dem anderem (One book after the other)
  • Ein Autor sieht rot (An author sees red)
  • Der große Krach (A big trouble)
  • Ein Hauch von Hollywood (A spirit of Hollywood)
  • Blue-Screen
  • Der Abschied vom alten Kino (The goodbuy to the old cinema)
  • Der erste Drehtag (First shooting day)
  • Wolfgang Petersen
  • Wer spielt schon gerne Monster (Who likes to play monsters?)
  • Atréju
  • Der Nachtalb (The Nighthob)
  • Der Haulewald (The hauling forest)
  • Hollywood und der Millionencoup (Hollywood and the million coup)
  • Der große Wald (The big forest)
  • Ärger mit der Kunst (Trouble with the art)
  • Das Storyboard
  • Die Modelle
  • Die Suche nach einer Kaiserin (The search for an empress)
  • Jede Menge Sand (Many sand)
  • Die Sümpfe der Traurigkeit (The Swamps of Sadness)
  • Big Mama
  • Hinter der Kamera (Behind the camera)
  • A Star is born
  • Der Tank (The tank)
  • Der Elfenbeinturm (The Ivory Tower)
  • Gmork
  • Die letzte Runde (The last round)
  • Bastian
  • Überraschungen (Surprices)
  • Effekte (Effects)
  • "The End"
  • Epilog
  • Besetzung und Stab (Actors and crew)

Back cover (translation)

The world need a wonder...

The shy Bastian plays truant to read a book that tug him into a magic ban. His secret browsing at the attic become a unique adventure. He read about the land Phantasia which is in highest danger and can be saved only by a human being - by him the little Bastian Bux.

The reality is not less phantastic. The Neverending Story became the greatest german film production of all time.

The film adventure took place behind closed doors. Nobody should come to know at what the specialists of the whole world worked. In strictly guarded studios arose in two years the strangest beings and most phantastic landscapes which were ever seen in the cinema.

Remy Eyssen was present from the beginning and saw as only journalist step by step how there became a movie best seller from the theme of a world best seller.

The story. The backgrounds. The artistic work. THe film shooting. Producer, Director, Actors. Shortly: Everything about the movie "The Neverending Story". With lots of color pictures.