The Master is the main antagonist in the German fantasy novel Krabat by Otfried Preußler and the 2008 movie of the same name where he is played by Christian Redl. He also appears in the 1978 Czechslovak cutout animated film, Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Czech: Čarodějův učeň), directed by Karel Zeman where he is dabbed by Jaroslav Moučka. The master is a German miller and a master in black magic. The people who want to learn both, being a miller and black magic, have to grind the corn in the mill, but the corn seems to reproducing, because it doesn't become less.