The Sorcerer's Apprentice him in his youth. It is, indeed, the oldest known variation of this tale type. While the similarities are so great as to make it obvious that Lucian was Goethe's inspiration, there are several minor differences: Similar themes (such as the power of magic or technology turning against the insufficiently wise person invoking it) are found in many traditions and works of art: Following Goethe's poem and Dukas' symphonic piece and the film "Fantasia", the term "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has had numerous iterations as the title of various media pieces. These include several novels and nonfiction books, including novels by
The Sorcerer's Apprentice cartoon scenery machine and getting himself into a big heap of trouble. Like the "Fantasia" segment, there is no dialogue, save for a line by Buster in the end. There is a live action film, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (2010), featuring a scene based on Goethe's poem (and the "Fantasia" version), produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Nicolas Cage. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels alluded to Goethe's poem in "The Communist Manifesto", comparing modern bourgeois society to "the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells." The