The ErlKing

January 16, 2003 6 min
✓ Released 8701 days ago
Animation Horror
8.7

User Score

3 votes

About

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.

Movie Info

Status: Released
Director: Ben Zelkowicz
Runtime: 6 min

Similar Movies

Ah poster

Ah

Jul 14, 2011
Animation
Thousand Year Sleep poster
3.1

Thousand Year Sleep

Jun 29, 2007
Crime Comedy
Ninety-Five Senses poster
7.4

Ninety-Five Senses

Aug 12, 2022
Animation Drama
The Tell-Tale Heart poster

The Tell-Tale Heart

Oct 1, 2010
Horror Animation
Learning Disabilities in Primary Care poster

Learning Disabilities in Primary Care

Jun 23, 2022
Animation Documentary
I Was a Teenage Werebear poster
5.8

I Was a Teenage Werebear

Sep 1, 2011
Horror Comedy