Movie: The Erl King

Top 9 Billed Cast

Joë Hamman
Joë Hamman

Le roi des aulnes

Mary Costes
Mary Costes

La fille du maître de poste

Rosa Bertens
Rosa Bertens

La grand-mère

Otto Gebühr
Otto Gebühr

Le père

André Michaud
André Michaud

Le timbalier fantôme

Raymond Lapon
Raymond Lapon

L'enfant

Albert Broquin
Albert Broquin

Crapaud

Louis Merlac
Louis Merlac

(as Louis Melrack)

Arlette Porta
Arlette Porta

Fée

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1931-02-27

  • Average

    6.4

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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    Français
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