 | Noah Hathaway als Atreyu |
 | Barret Oliver als Bastian |
 | Tami Stronach als The Childlike Empress |
 | Alan Oppenheimer als Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice) |
 | Sydney Bromley als Engywook |
 | Patricia Hayes als Urgl |
 | Moses Gunn als Cairon - Empress' Servant |
 | Frank Lenart als Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice) |
 | Robert Jadah als Morla the Ancient One (voice) |
 | Gerald McRaney als Bastian's Father |
 | Tilo Prückner als Night Hob |
 | Deep Roy als Teeny Weeny |
 | Chris Eastman als 1st Bully |
 | Darryl Cooksey als 2nd Bully |
| Nicholas Gilbert als 3rd Bully |
 | Thomas Hill als Carl Conrad Koreander - The Librarian |
| Beth Anderson als The 2nd Balladeer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Donald Arthur als School's Caretaker (uncredited) |
 | Bernd Eichinger als Man next to Man who drops Milk (uncredited) |
| Dee Harris als The Balladeers' Lead Guitarist (uncredited) |
 | Wolfgang Petersen als Man who drops Milk (uncredited) |
 | Heinz Reincke als Fuchur (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Silvia Seidel als Fairy (uncredited) |
 | Brian Wheeler als Giant Mushroom Creature (uncredited) |
| Brian Johnson | Special Effects |
| Herbert Strabel | Art Direction |
| Bernd Eichinger | Producer |
| John W. Hyde | Executive Producer |
| Wolfgang Petersen | Director |
| Diemut Remy | Costume Design |
| Robert Easton | Additional Dialogue |
| Brigitta Ansary | Makeup Artist |
| Jane Seitz | Editor |
| Johann Kott | Art Direction |
| Dieter Geissler | Producer |
| Bernd Schaefers | Producer |
| Count Ul De Rico | Costume Design |
| Colin Arthur | Special Effects |
| Wolfgang Petersen | Screenplay |
| Mark Damon | Executive Producer |
| Michael Ende | Novel |
| Edwin Erfmann | Makeup Artist |
| Götz Weidner | Art Direction |
| Herman Weigel | Screenplay |
| Günter Rohrbach | Co-Producer |
| Klaus Doldinger | Original Music Composer |
| Klaus Kähler | Associate Producer |
| Giorgio Moroder | Original Music Composer |
| Robert Easton | Dialogue |
| Michael Waldleitner | Assistant Director |
| William W. Wilson III | Second Assistant Director |
| Jean Bereziuk | Continuity |
| Hannes Nikel | Second Unit Director |
| Paula Swauger | Second Assistant Director |
| Sharron Gold | Continuity |
| Jürgen Bieske | First Assistant Director |
| Don French | First Assistant Director |
| Risa Kes | Casting |
| Marcia Gay | Assistant Director |
| Gordon Mark | First Assistant Director |
| Rolf Zehetbauer | Set Decoration |
| David W. Rose | Second Assistant Director |
| Kristina Brandner | Continuity |
| Michael Boyadjiew | First Assistant Director |
| Carlo Rambaldi | Visual Effects |
| Penny Perry | Casting |
| Jost Vacano | Director of Photography |
| Rolf Zehetbauer | Production Designer |
| Horst Kirchberger | Makeup Artist |
| Heiner Niehues | Makeup Artist |
| Hedy Pollack | Makeup Artist |
| Peter Classey | Storyboard Artist |
| Count Ul De Rico | Creature Design |
| Richard Eglseder | Property Master |
| Juan Japl | Storyboard Artist |
| Werner Runge | Property Master |
| Jimmy Stepanoff | Storyboard Artist |
| Josip Trupinovic | Storyboard Artist |
| Milan Bor | Sound Mixer |
| Werner Böhm | ADR Mixer |
| Hans-Walter Kramski | Foley Artist |
| Mel Kutbay | Foley Artist |
| Trevor Pyke | Sound Mixer |
| Heinz Schürer | Foley Mixer |
| Karola Storr | Foley Editor |
| Mario Behr | Stunts |
| Bobby Porter | Stunts |
| Tony Smart | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gaby Bzdega | Second Assistant Camera |
| Anton Egerer | Key Grip |
| Anette Haellmigk | First Assistant Camera |
| Peter Maiwald | Camera Operator |
| Eddy Saller | Gaffer |
| Karl-Heinz Vogelmann | Still Photographer |
| Katharina Litzinger | Wardrobe Master |
| Elfriede Eitermoser | Negative Cutter |
| Robert Gavin | First Assistant Editor |
| Peter Kahle | Negative Cutter |
| Robert Hathaway | Music Editor |
| Renate Berger | Production Secretary |
| Annie Nap-Oleon | Production Coordinator |
| Ilse Schwarzwald | Production Coordinator |
| Sigi Steiner | Production Accountant |
| Duncan Stewart | Production Accountant |
| Limahl | Theme Song Performance |
