Elverskud (1966)

Genre

short film, documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

3 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An animated film based on the Danish folk ballad of Knight Oluf. It depicts his fateful encounter with elf maidens on the way to his wedding, using an original field recording of the song.

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What happens

Elverskud er en dansk animationsfilm fra 1966, der er instrueret af Jannik Hastrup. Tegnefilm over folkevisen om Ridder Oluf og hans skæbnesvangre møde med elverpigerne undervejs til sit bryllup. I filmen er benyttet en af Dansk Folkemindesamlings originale optagelser af folkevisen, sunget af Helga Olsen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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