The Apprentice

For more than twenty years Dr. Mark Plotkin has searched the Amazon for plants that heal. He is an ethnobotanist, a scientist who studies the relationship between indigenous people and plants. He set out on a mission to find a cure for diabetes, a disease that killed both of his grandmothers. THE SHAMAN'S APPRENTICE charts the story of Mark's discoveries, and looks at the astonishing ability of native people to manage their environment.
THE SHAMAN'S APPRENTICE is a story of survival against the odds. It interweaves the luminous rainforest world of phenomena and legends with western science and the grim realities of extinction. In the story of one man's quest to preserve the ancient wisdom of our species, we find intelligence, cooperation and hope that could save one of the most glorious places on Earth.

In a flashback, the viewer is aware that in 740 Merlin had three sorcerer's apprentice: Balthazar, and Veronica Horvath. The latter, however, betrayed him in favor of Morgan managed to overpower him Merlin. These before dying Balthazar gave the task of finding the Supreme Merlin, the only one able to kill the terrible Morgana.

In a flashback, the viewer is aware that in 740 Merlin had three sorcerer's apprentice: Balthazar, and Veronica Horvath. The latter, however, betrayed him in favor of Morgan managed to overpower him Merlin. These before dying Balthazar gave the task of finding the Supreme Merlin, the only one able to kill the terrible Morgana

In a flashback, the viewer is aware that in 740 Merlin had three sorcerer's apprentice: Balthazar, and Veronica Horvath. The latter, however, betrayed him in favor of Morgan managed to overpower him Merlin. These before dying Balthazar gave the task of finding the Supreme Merlin, the only one able to kill the terrible Morgana

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 araven and other animals. Every Christmas one of the boys has to face the master in a magical duel of life and death, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person who is allowed to use his secret grimoire: The Koraktor, or the Force of Hell.

A compelling film about two of the world s greatest watchmakers their extraordinary craft, their touching relationship and their unique personalities. It's about obsession, passion, personality and perseverance. It is about the passage of time, making every moment count, about life and, ultimately, about death, about our fleeting existence and the opportunities we have to leave an eternally lasting imprint on the world.

The inspirational story of how Dr. George Daniels rose from Dickensian poverty to become the finest watchmaker of the modern era and how Roger Smith embarked on an obsessive, seven-year quest to become his apprentice and eventually, his equal.