Krabat

Krabat (2008)

Everything in this world has its price.

A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker arts. When the life of his friend and protector is threatened, Krabat must struggle to free himself from an evil sorcerer's control in a gripping fight for freedom, friendship and love.

Date of release
2008-09-07
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (231)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Director
Marco Kreuzpaintner

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Krabat

Krabat 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, who learns black magic from a sorcerer. A DVD-Video encode of the film is distributed in the United Kingdom as Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill.

Production

In March 1986, The NeverEnding Story producer Dieter Geissler developed a package of science fiction and fantasy films catering to the same tastes as The Neverending Story with one of the films being an adaptation of the Otfried Preußler novel Krabat for release sometime in the Summer of 1987.

In December 2001, it was reported that German production company Filmtime, motivated by major films such as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The screenplay, under the title of Krabat and the Black Mill, was set to be written by Jochen Breitenstein and Sandra Hoerger with plans to shoot the film in English using an international cast.

In February 2006, it was reported that Claussen+Woebke was making another attempt at a Krabat film and had set Marco Kreuzpaintner after he had previously helmed the successful film Summer Storm for the studio.

In October of that year, it was reported that production on the film had begun as part of a five picture deal between Claussen+Woebke and 20th Century Fox Germany. Production took place in Romania with shooting at Castel Film Romania starring Daniel Brühl and was shot as a German language production.

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