Krabat (2008)

6.1115 min

2008 German film

Krabat (German: [ˈkʁaːbat] ) is a 2008 German fantasy film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner from a screenplay by Michael Gutmann and Kreuzpaintner, based on Otfried Preußler's 1971 novel of the same name. The plot is about a boy, Krabat (played by David Kross), who learns black magic from a sorcerer (played by Christian Redl). A DVD-Video encode of the film is distributed in the United Kingdom as Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill.

It premiered in the US at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2009.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Krabat about?
Krabat (2008) — 1648. After the Thirty Years War, Germany is a wretched, plundered land, still ravished by the Black Death. Urchin Krabat gets separated from his beggar friends and finds refuge on the flourishing estate of the black miller. the hard worker gets initiated in his secret magic soci
Is Krabat based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Krabat scary?
Content rating: . See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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