The Tell-Tale heart (2006)

The Tell-Tale heart

By Gregor Dashuber and Annete Jung.

This adaptation was produced in the 2006 by German producers and amateur film makers which is clearly an evidence of the Poe’s influence beyond the American libraries. The point is that after previous adaptations (1953, 2003, 2005) this story become into a production which plot keeps the same than Poe’s but with animated characters.

The plot is focused in a brief adaptation of Poe’s work the tell tale heart in which the murder of a man whose sight was creepy triggers the madness of the main character. At the beginning, all facts running good for the protagonist but after the crime, he began hearing beats of the dead man. His consciousness blames him and eventually he finds himself in a crossroad which leads him to confess the murder of the old man.(litmed.med.nyu.edu, "The tell tale heart", 1991)

The advantage of this film is the lack of a necessity for creating a character because they are already represented and give us an idea about the aspect of the creepy eye.

On the other hand this is a brief adaptation and probably does not reach the expectations of Poe's fans.Moreover, the adaptation presents interesting characters with weird facial features and strange colors. 

Regarding to the original Poe's story there is a lack of details such as the inner thoughts of the main character and the physical description of the eye (blue and not green). Furthermore, the events are very well detailed such as how he hid the body and how well he did it. Also the scene of the panic of the murder is ommitted when he hears the beating of the old man's heart.  (ZippyFrames.com, "the tell-tale heart", 2013)

For further information and videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=envukur1q3I

https://www.google.es/search?q=the+tell+tale+heart&rlz=1C1CHNU_enES428ES428&oq=the+tell+tale+heart&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i59l3j0l2.4610j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=the+tell+tale+heart+espa%C3%B1ol+pdf

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/section6.rhtml

References:

Accomando, Beth. "Edgar Allan Poe on Film". About.com. 2014. Web 16 May 2014. <http://movies.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/Edgar-Allan-Poe-Films.htm>