The ErlKing

The ErlKing

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 16, 2003

Runtime

0h 6m

Genres

Animation, Horror

User Score

80%

Original Title

The ErlKing

Production Companies

ONF | NFB, CalArts

Director

Ben Zelkowicz

Description

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.