The ErlKing

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The ErlKing

The ErlKing

Release date : 2003-01-16

Production country :
Canada, United States of America

Production company :
ONF | NFB, CalArts

Durasi : 6 Min.

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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.