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Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)

Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice poster
Original title
Čarodějův učeň
Directed by
Karel Zeman
Genre
cinematic fairy tale, fantasy film, horror film
Country
Germany, West Germany, Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
6
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy becomes an apprentice to a dark miller who is actually a sorcerer. He learns dark magic and must find a way to break the sorcerer's curse.

darkmysteriousfairytale-likehauntingslowatmosphericsombervisually stylized

What happens

Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Czech: Čarodějův učeň) is a 1978 Czechoslovak cutout animated dark fantasy film directed by Karel Zeman, based on the 1971 book Krabat by Otfried Preußler, and the Sorbian folk tale upon which the book is based. The name Krabat is derived from the word Croat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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