Krabat

I first watched this as a teen, and it made me remeber the uneasy feelings I got out of reading the book as a kid. The movie managed to capture that certain lasting sadness and the underlying sense of danger that makes the book so memorable to me. Being able to fly and all of that cool stuff, but at what cost.

Anyway, the movie is far from perfect, but they did pretty good with the budget they had imo. The acting was ranging from OK to damn, Daniel Brühl! The soundtrack is amazing.

I am absolutely aesthetically satisfied by this film. So much out of the cliché. Great storyboard, visuals, acting and sound. It is actually a very profound film done with German precision. European film making in its best form. I haven't read the book and I don't really care about it whatsoever as in my opinion the film served its purpose. Passionate actors play combined with beautiful yet depressive atmosphere. Sadly sometimes sites like this one are doing us bad favours, we came to see medium ratings plus low voting activity and the film is lost...we never even give it a chance. Well, that one definitely proves us wrong. Bravo to all of you who took part in it.

I found Krabat to be rather disappointing. I expected something better after reading some extremely positive reviews on here. And it's not because of the German language, which is a nasty aggressive language to listen to by the way, but more because of the plot that wasn't that interesting to follow. I do like fantasy and tales, but sometimes it's just not there. Krabat lacks of good entertaining scenes and even if the acting wasn't bad I never got completely into the story. I read that the book was better, maybe I should have done that instead of watching this movie.

Krabat is a good adaption of the novel by Otfried Preußler. The story is set in the mid 17th century during the Thirty Years' War, and tells us the story of Krabat, a homeless orphan that finds shelter in a mill. But not everything is as it seems to be. A beautiful cinematography, fine settings and good acting make watching this dark and twisted fairy tale a real pleasure. There are only a real few movies of German cinema that provide this quality regarding the fantasy genre: The NeverEnding Story (1984) and Momo (1986) comes to mind.

I went to see this last night at the Toronto Film Festival. My wife picked it out, and I had expected it to be a silly kid's flick about magic and I was happily surprised. Krabat turned out to be a very good movie.

It is not at all cheesy or goofy. I found the screenplay well written, the acting was impressive, and the plot that keeps you engaged. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a change of pace from American fantasy flicks.

The basic story takes place at the end of the 30 years war in Germany. It focuses on a young orphan named Krabat. I won't give any more details, except to say that it's an interesting twist on the idea of magic.

I'm not saying it's a 10/10 (I gave it 9) there are a few inconsistencies in the film, but they exist outside the main line of the story, and you don't notice them until after the credits are finished.