Erlking (2015)

Original title

Erlkönig

Directed by

Georges Schwizgebel

Genre

drama, animation

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

6 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father races on horseback through a dark forest with his sick child. The child believes they see the Erlking a mythical creature. The story follows their desperate journey.

hauntingdreamlikeurgentdarkmelancholicvisually stylizedfeverishanxious

What happens

Erlking (French: Le roi des aulnes; German: Erlkönig) is a 2015 Swiss animated short film directed by Georges Schwizgebel. It is an adaptation of the poem "Erlkönig" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, about a father who rides with his sick son who thinks he sees the erlking, and features music from Franz Schubert's setting of the poem. The music is performed by Louis Schwizgebel, the director's son. The film was made with cel animation and uses distinct visual styles to represent each character. It received multiple festival awards in 2015 and 2016, as well as the Swiss Film Award for Best Animation Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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