16 January 2003 Animated, Horror 6 mins
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.
Watch the official The ErlKing 2003 trailer in HD below or find more The ErlKing videos on Vidimovie.
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This is a clip from the fabulous sand (yes sand) animation by Ben Zelkowicz done in 2002. The music is Schubert's famous lied Der Erlkönig [the Erlking].
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Have you watched The ErlKing yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 2003 ONF | NFB, CalArts.
