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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Ben Zelkowicz Director
United States release January 16, 2003 · Produced in Canada, United States · Production CalArts
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ONF | NFB
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CalArts
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Canada · United States
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English
Release dates
United States · January 16, 2003
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Sundance)
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