
The ErlKing
2003-01-16 · 6 min · ★ 8.7
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
- Countries
- Canada, United States of America
- Status
- Released
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