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.
Stars:
Crew: Ben Zelkowicz (Director), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Poem), Franz Schubert (Music), Ben Zelkowicz (Producer), Ben Zelkowicz (Animation), Paul Berkolds (Musician)
Country: Canada, United States of America
Language:
Studio: ONF | NFB, CalArts
Runtime: 6 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 16, 2003
IMDb: 3
Keywords:poem, short film
