The ErlKing

Categories: Animation, Horror
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.

Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 2003-01-16
Run time: 6 minute / 0:6
Director: Ben Zelkowicz
Website: https://www.nfb.ca/film/erlking/
Production Companies : ONF | NFB, CalArts
Production Countries: Canada, United States of America