The Dark Crystal

The Dark Crystal
Details
Countries	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
Channels	Odyssey Network Film4 Sky Cinema Family Sky Cinema Greats YTV
Services	iTunes Apple TV Amazon Prime Video Netflix (formerly) HBO Max (formerly) Rakuten TV The Roku Channel Tubi TV Peacock Plex Hulu Disney+ Pluto TV
Release	December 17, 1982 February 17, 1983

The Dark Crystal is a 1982 dark fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company and distributed by Universal Pictures. The plot revolves around Jen and Kira, two Gelflings on a quest to restore balance to the world of Thra and overthrow the evil, ruling Skeksis by restoring a powerful broken Crystal.

An Emmy Award-winning prequel television series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, premiered on Netflix in 2019.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Jen	Stephen Garlick
	Kira	Lisa Maxwell
	Aughra	Billie Whitelaw
	Fizzgig	Percy Edwards
	SkekSil/Chamberlain	Barry Dennen
	SkekUng/General	Michael Kilgarriff
	SkekZok/High Priest	Jerry Nelson
	SkekSo/Dying Emperor
	SkekTek/Scientist	Steve Whitmire
	SkekAyuk/Gourmand	Thick Wilson
	SkekEkt/Ornamentalist	Brian Muehl
	urSu/Dying Master
	SkekNa/Slavemaster	David Buck
	SkekShod/Treasurer	Charles Collingwood
	SkekOk/Scroll Keeper	John Baddeley
	urZah/Ritual Guardian	Sean Barrett
	urSkeks	Joseph O'Conor
Narrator
Podlings		Barry Dennen
Miki Iveria
Patrick Monckton
Sue Westerby

International versions

• Dubs
• Voice-overs
• Subtitled versions

	Language	Title
	Albanian	Kristali i zi
	Czech (S Pro Alfa)	Temný krystal
	Czech (LS Productions)	Temný krystal
	French	Dark Crystal
	German	Der dunkle Kristall
	Hungarian (MTV)	A sötét kristály
	Hungarian (DVD)	A sötét kristály
	Italian	Dark Crystal
	Japanese	ダーククリスタル
	Portuguese (Brazil) (Herbert Richers)	O Cristal Encantado
	Portuguese (Brazil) (Dublavídeo)	O Cristal Encantado
	Portuguese (Brazil) (Blu-ray)	O Cristal Encantado
	Spanish (Latin America) (Estudios Churubusco)	El cristal encantado
	Spanish (Latin America) (Palmera Record)	El cristal encantado
	Spanish (Spain)	Cristal Oscuro

	Language	Title
	Bulgarian	Тъмният кристал
	Polish	Ciemny kryształ
	Russian (Gavrilov)	Тёмный кристалл
	Russian (Videoservice)	Тёмный кристалл
	Russian (STS)	Чёрный кристалл
	Russian (Tycoon)	Тёмный кристалл
	Ukrainian	Темний кристал

	Language	Title
	Arabic	unknown
	Bulgarian	Тъмният кристал
	Chinese (Traditional)	魔水晶
	Croatian	unknown
	Danish	The Dark Crystal
	Dutch	The Dark Crystal
	Finnish	Tumma Kristalli
	Greek	The Dark Crystal: Το Μυστηριώδες Κρύσταλλο
	Hebrew	השחור הקריסטל בעקבות
	Hindi	unknown
	Icelandic	unknown
	Korean	다크 크리스탈
	Norwegian	The Dark Crystal
	Portuguese (Portugal)	O Cristal Encantado
	Slovak	unknown
	Slovene	unknown
	Swedish	Den Mörka Kristallen
	Thai	เดอะ ดาร์ก คริสตัล อภินิหารผลึกแก้ว
	Turkish	Siyah Kristal

References

v - e - d As Muppets, Inc. Hey Cinderella! (1969) • The Frog Prince (1971) • The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972) As Henson Associates The Muppet Show (1976) • Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) • The Muppet Movie (1979) • The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) • John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) • The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) • Of Muppets and Men (1981) • The Dark Crystal (1982) • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) • Fraggle Rock (1983) • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) • Muppet Babies (1984) • Follow That Bird (1985) • Labyrinth (1986) • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) • The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) • The Christmas Toy (1986) • Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987) As Jim Henson Productions The StoryTeller (1987) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • The Jim Henson Hour (1989) • Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting (1989) • The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989) • The Witches (1990) • The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) • Basil Hears a Noise (1990) • Dinosaurs (1991) • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) • Dog City (1992) • Secret Life of Toys (1993) • Jim Henson's Animal Show (1994) • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) • Gulliver's Travels (1996) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppets Tonight (1996) • Aliens in the Family (1996) • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) As Jim Henson Pictures Buddy (1997) • Muppets from Space (1999) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) • Good Boy! (2003) As Jim Henson Television Bear in the Big Blue House (1997) • Mopatop's Shop (1999) • Construction Site (1999) • Farscape (1999) • The Hoobs (2001) As The Jim Henson Company Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) • Five Children and It (2004) • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • MirrorMask (2005) • Five Minutes More (2006) • Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) • Sid the Science Kid (2008) • Pajanimals (2008) • Dinosaur Train (2008) • Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) • Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (2008) • Me and My Monsters (2010) • Sid the Science Kid: The Movie (2013) • The Doozers (2014) • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) • Turkey Hollow (2015) • Splash and Bubbles (2016) • Word Party (2016) • Julie's Greenroom (2017) • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) • Earth to Ned (2020) • Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island (2021) • Word Party Presents: Math! (2021) • Harriet the Spy (2021) • Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2022) • Slumberkins (2022) As Henson Alternative The Happytime Murders (2018)