In 2006, Kross worked again with Buck in the film "" ("Hände weg von Mississippi"), playing an apprentice baker. In the fall of the same year, he started shooting a film by Marco Kreuzpaintner, "Krabat" ("The Satanic Mill"). In this version of Otfried Preußler's children's book, Kross plays the title role, one of the apprentices of magic, with co-stars Daniel Brühl and Robert Stadlober. The film was released on September 19, 2007 in movie festivals and in October 2008 in theatres.