The ErlKing
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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.
Ben Zelkowicz directed The ErlKing. Explore their complete filmography and the collaborators who shaped their vision.
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