A DVD-Video encode of the film is distributed in the United Kingdom as Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill.

[3] When the Plague sweeps across Europe after the Thirty Years' War a boy named Krabat (David Kross) is left without family, food, or hope.

Eleven other boys are working at the mill, and Krabat develops a friendship with one of them, a young man named Tonda (Daniel Brühl).

One of the rituals (during Easter) leads to an excursion to the nearby village Schwarzkollm where Krabat meets a young girl and falls in love with her.

One day, while protecting the nearby village from soldiers, Tonda makes an error and his girl's name (Worschula) is revealed to the master.

During the ritual at Easter night, he goes to the village to meet her, this time along with a boy called Juro who appears to be mentally disabled and not able to learn the trade or properly do magic.

However, it focuses really well on the themes of temptation; with the lure of black magic and power, and friendship; with the sense of brotherhood and companionship Krabat experiences.