United States / Jan 16, 2003 / Source: IMDB (Sundance)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
AnimationHorror
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The ErlKing |
| Original language | EN |
| Production countries | Canada, United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | ONF | NFB, CalArts |
| Official site | nfb.ca |
| Release date | 16 gennaio 2003 |
| Production | Ben Zelkowicz |
| Assistant directors | Ben Zelkowicz |
| Visual effects | Ben Zelkowicz |
| Music | Franz Schubert, Paul Berkolds, Peter Miyamoto, Jerry Summers |
| Sound | Franz Schubert, Paul Berkolds, Peter Miyamoto, Jerry Summers |
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