The Erl King
A young man races to save his son's life, but death – incarnated in the child's imagination as the titular Erl King – calls unceasingly.
A young man races to save his son's life, but death – incarnated in the child's imagination as the titular Erl King – calls unceasingly.
Joë Hamman
Le roi des aulnes
Mary Costes
La fille du maître de poste
Rosa Bertens
La grand-mère
Otto Gebühr
Le père
André Michaud
Le timbalier fantôme
Raymond Lapon
L'enfant
Albert Broquin
Crapaud
Louis Merlac
(as Louis Melrack)
Arlette Porta
Fée
A young man races to save his son's life, but death – incarnated in the child's imagination as the titular Erl King – calls unceasingly.
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A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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