The ErlKing

The ErlKing

8.0
2003
0h 6m
Released
AnimationHorror

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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Director: Ben Zelkowicz

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