The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) of the storyline of the film, the sorcerer's final anger with his apprentice which appears in "Fantasia" does not appear in Goethe's source poem, "Der Zauberlehrling". The popularity of the musical piece in "Fantasia" led to it being used again in "Fantasia 2000". A decade prior to "Fantasia", in 1930 William Cameron Menzies directed and Joseph M. Schenck produced a series of four short films of classical music. One of the four, based on the Dukas music, was titled "The Wizard's Apprentice"; this short film has been released on DVD and shown on Classic Arts Showcase. In 1931, the Dukas
Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice () is a 1978 Czechoslovak cutout animated dark fantasy film directed by Karel Zeman, based on the 1971 book "Krabat" by Otfried Preußler, and the Sorbian folk tale upon which the book is based. The name Krabat is derived from the word Croat. 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