Krabat (film)

Krabat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarco Kreuzpaintner
Written byMarco Kreuzpaintner
Michael Gutmann [de]
Based onThe Satanic Mill
by Otfried Preußler
Produced byJakob Claussen
Uli Putz
Bernd Wintersperger
Thomas Wobke
StarringDavid Kross
Daniel Brühl
Christian Redl
Robert Stadlober
Paula Kalenberg
Daniel Steiner
Hanno Koffler
CinematographyDaniel Gottschalk
Edited byHansjoerg Weissbrich
Music byAnnette Focks
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 7, 2008 (2008-09-07) (Toronto International Film Festival)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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.[1]

It premiered in the US at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2009.[2]

  1. ^ "Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill". peccapics.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ Stevenson, Roy. "Krabat". Seattle International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.