Tags: 2000s Animated short Animation short animation

The ErlKing

Name: The ErlKing
Released: 2003-01-16
Rating: 7.4

Ratings: IMDB 7.4 / TMDB

Director: Ben Zelkowicz
Region: United States
Genre: Animation, Short
Released: 2003-01-16
Runtime: 6 min
Original language: English
Release dates: United States 2003-01-16
Keywords: short film, poem

Overview

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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