Krabat, a beggar boy, is lured to become an apprentice to an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. With a number of other boys, he works at the sorcerer's mill while learning black magic. Every Christmas one of the boys has to face the master in a magical duel, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person who is allowed to use a secret spell: The Koraktor.

• DirectorKarel Zeman
• Release1 March 1978
• Genre
  Animation / Fantasy
• Duration1h 13m
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• Rate
  

  7.3
  38 reviews
• Productions

  Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Filmové studio Gottwaldov