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**English subtitles are activated by clicking on the rectangle box on the left hand side of the "cog" change quality button in the lower black video bar - the box turns red when activated**

Krabat The Sorcerer's Apprentice AKA Carodejuv Ucen
Directed By Karel Zeman
Czechoslovakia and West Germany Production
(Two language versions were made, one in Czech and one in German)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075811/
Animation: stop motion, cut-out
Themes: sorcery, occult, black arts, love.

This is the original and far rarer Czech version of the film. The drawback of this is the fact the original subtitles were made for the German version, this has meant there are small sequences of dialogue that appear in the German version but are not present in the Czech version and vice-versa.

The animation is based on the 1971 novel 'Krabat' by Otfried Preussler. This story in turn is based on a 'Sorbian' folk-tale. The 'Sorbs' are a Slavic people based mainly in Lusatia, a region between Poland and Germany, this is where the story is set. In 2008 a live action German version of the novel was made.

If any Czech-English speaking Karel Zeman fan is into improving the subtitle translation, please get in touch and I can send you my revised subtitle file or if you are new to subtitles, it can be sent and opened as a simple text "txt" file. That way, you can just edit and update the lines of dialogue that need improving.

Text below taken from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krabat_%...

"Krabat, a beggar boy in early 18th century Lusatia, is lured to become an apprentice to an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. Together with a number of other boys, he works at the sorcerer's mill under slave-like conditions while learning black magic, such as guising himself as a raven and other animals. Every Christmas one of the boys has to face the master in a magical duel of life and death, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person who is allowed to use his secret grimoire: The Koraktor, or the Force of Hell.

One Easter while performing an annual ritual near a small village, Krabat meets a girl and falls in love, but has to keep the romance secret in order to protect her. After witnessing his friends one after one being helplessly slaughtered by the master every Christmas, Krabat starts to sneak up at night to study the forbidden book.
On the last page of the book, Krabat finds a phrase saying: "Love is stronger than any spell." This is used when he ultimately has to defeat his master for the sake of love.."