Krabat (2008)

Was het toeval dat Krabat als leerling op de molen kwam, diep in de sombere bossen van Bohemen? De molen blijkt een school van de zwarte kunsten te zijn. De molenaar is Meester in de toverkunst. Twaalf knechten heeft hij: twaalf leerlingen. Weglopen kunnen ze niet, want de toverkunsten van de Meester zorgen ervoor dat de weg ze steeds weer naar de molen terug leidt. Krabat vlucht dan ook niet. Hij kiest een andere weg, gesteund door de liefde van een meisje.

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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. Enticed to become an apprentice in the school of black magic, he soon becomes the miller’s favorite. But the miller has made a deal with the devil, and each year one of the apprentices has to be sacrificed. Some of Krabat's friends end up dead. Krabat soon becomes determined to escape. He finds salvation through his love, a singer from the nearby village. She is able to rescue him from certain death and put an end to Satan's reign due to her love for Krabat, whic...
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Director Marco Kreuzpaintner adapts author Otfried Preußler's award-winning novel about a young sorcerer's apprentice who rebels against his malevolent master after making a disturbing discovery. The year is 1646. Krabat is a starving fourteen year old orphan from Germany who has struggled for survival after seeing his country decimated by war and disease. One night, a strange voice calls out to Krabat in his dreams, beckoning the destitute child to a mysterious mill in the countryside. When the miller offers Krabat room and board in exchange for becoming an apprentice, the hungry young boy readily accepts. But ...
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something isn't quite right in this mill, and Krabat can sense it. He gradually begins to suspect that the eleven other young men who live in the mill are harboring a mysterious secret, suspicions that are later confirmed when the curious newcomer discovers that his fellow apprentices are involved with some truly bizarre activities. Upon further inquiry, Krabat discovers that the miller is in fact a master of the dark arts, and that the young men who reside in the mill are his students. Fascinated by their magic and eager to belong, Krabat accepts their invitation to become a member of their secret society. When Krabat discovers that his new master's plans could spell doom for his protector and best friend Tonda, however, realizes that in order to save Tonda he will somehow have to break free of the malevolent sorcerer's powerful grip.
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