The ErlKing (2003)

Name: The ErlKing
Director: Ben Zelkowicz
Genre: animación, Short film
Released: 2003
Duration: 6 min

2003 · Ben Zelkowicz · 6 min · Canada, United States of America · Edited by 1

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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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A 2003 title built around animación and Short film. Directed by Ben Zelkowicz.

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