Für Elise

Für Elise

1992 · 4 min · Animation, Music

Classical animation made on celluloid. Music by Ludvig van Beethoven (Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59).

Directed by Jacek Kasprzycki · Written by Tamara Sorbian

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