On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
Cast
Jim Henson
Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
Kathryn Mullen
Kira, a Gelfling
Frank Oz
Aughra, a Keeper of Secrets / Chamberlain
Dave Goelz
Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
Steve Whitmire
Scientist (voice)
Louise Gold
Gourmand
Brian Meehl
Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master
Stephen Garlick
Jen (voice)
Lisa Maxwell
Kira (voice)
Billie Whitelaw
Aughra (voice)
Percy Edwards
Fizzgig (voice)
Barry Dennen
Chamberlain / Podling (voice)
Deep Roy
Additional Performer
Kiran Shah
Additional Performer
Jack Purvis
Additional Performer
Bob Payne
Historian, Scroll Keeper
Michael Kilgarriff
General (voice)
John Baddeley
Historian (voice)
David Buck
Slave Master (voice)
Charles Collingwood
Treasurer (voice)
Sean Barrett
Urzah (voice)
Miki Iveria
Podling (voice)
Patrick Monckton
Podling (voice)
Susan Westerby
Podling (voice)
Joseph O'Conor
Narrator / Urskeks (voice)
Thick Wilson
Gourmand (voice)
Jerry Nelson
High Priestess / Dying Emperor (voice)
Crew
Frank Oz
Director
Jim Henson
Director, Story, Producer
David Odell
Screenplay
Ralph Kemplen
Editor
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Dusty Symonds
First Assistant Director
Bi Benton
Production Coordinator
David Lazer
Executive Producer
Lew Grade
Executive Producer
Gary Kurtz
Producer
Harry Lange
Production Design
Derek V. Browne
Camera Operator
Betty Adamson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Brian Froud
Costume Design
Charles Bishop
Supervising Art Director
Katharina Kubrick
Assistant Art Director
Nicholas Stevenson
Sound Editor
James Acheson
Special Effects
Brian Smithies
Visual Effects
Trevor Jones
Original Music Composer
Dina Eaton
Music Editor
Michael Clifford
Music Editor
Brian Mann
Dialogue Editor
Peter Young
Set Decoration
Richard Holland
Set Designer
Kiran Shah
Stunts
Jean-Pierre Amiel
Choreographer
Reg Bream
Draughtsman
Terry Ackland-Snow
Art Direction
John Marshall
Art Direction
Brian Ackland-Snow
Art Direction
Malcolm Stone
Art Direction
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