Krabat

Krabat is named after the main character, an orphan boy who is taken in by a miller who is obviously a sorcerer, and details his coming of age in the black arts with eleven other journeymen who are in the same apprenticeship.

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Krabat is based on a German young adult book called “The Satanic Mill.”

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When the ravens deliver a specific location and the promise of food that is all the word Krabat needs: he abandons his friends to the cold, hungry night and sets off to save himself.

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Manfred Banach, Tschangis Chahorkh, Dirk Jacob, Carsten Richter for "Krabat"

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Manfred Banach, Tschangis Chahorkh, Dirk Jacob, Carsten Richter for "Krabat"

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My next selection for the day was a German film called Krabat.

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In 17 Century Eastern Germany a 14 year-old orphan, Krabat, starts working as an apprentice at a mill where black magic and witchcraft are at work.

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Krabat is found starving by a mill owner who offers the boy an apprenticeship in the mill, food, and shelter in exchange for grueling physical labor required to run the mill.

2009 Fantastic Fest Day 4 – KRABAT, BURANTINO, and THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS – Collider.com 2009

A young boy, Krabat, is trying to survive in 16th Century plague-ravaged Europe.

2009 Fantastic Fest Day 4 – KRABAT, BURANTINO, and THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS – Collider.com 2009

This is the lesson that Krabat must learn, a lesson learned while apprenticed to a grim Lord training Krabat and a select group of other orphans in the dark arts of black magic.

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