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The ErlKing

2003-01-16 · 6 min · ★ 8.7

Animation · Horror

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert. The moving images, resembling woodcuts, capture the haunting, nightmarish quality of the tale of the ErlKing who steals and kills a little boy.

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Directors
Ben Zelkowicz
Production companies
ONF | NFB, CalArts
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Canada, United States of America
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Released

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