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.
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
Jack Purvis
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
Susan Westerby
Joseph O'Conor
Narrator / Urskeks (voice)
Thick Wilson
Gourmand (voice)
Jerry Nelson
High Priestess / Dying Emperor (voice)
Director
David Odell
Screenplay
Trevor Jones
Original Music Composer
Ralph Kemplen
Editor
Producer
Gary Kurtz
David Lazer
Executive Producer
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Katharina Kubrick
Assistant Art Director
James Acheson
Special Effects
Harry Lange
Production Design
Terry Ackland-Snow
Art Direction
Peter Young
Set Decoration
Dusty Symonds
First Assistant Director
John Marshall
Charles Bishop
Supervising Art Director
Richard Holland
Set Designer
Brian Mann
Dialogue Editor
Derek V. Browne
Camera Operator
Brian Ackland-Snow
Brian Froud
Costume Design
Malcolm Stone
Nicholas Stevenson
Sound Editor
Dina Eaton
Music Editor
Jean-Pierre Amiel
Choreographer
Stunts
Betty Adamson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Michael Clifford
Bi Benton
Production Coordinator
Story
Reg Bream
Draughtsman
Brian Smithies
Visual Effects
Lew Grade