The Insect Play (1939)
A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle, the ants, whose increasingly mechanized behavior leads to a militaristic society.
Videos
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Wilfrid Grantham
as The Lepidopterist / First Snail
as The Lepidopterist / First Snail
Edmund Willard
as The Tranp
as The Tranp
Pamela Standish
as The Chrysalis
as The Chrysalis
Frank Birch
as Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
as Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'Neill
as Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
as Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Charles Peters
as Robber Beetle/Journalist
as Robber Beetle/Journalist
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
as The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
as The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Sheila Kay
as The Larva
as The Larva
Leslie French
as Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
as Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy Toye
as Mrs. Cricket
as Mrs. Cricket
Wilfred Franks
as The Blind Ant Timekeeper
as The Blind Ant Timekeeper
Geoffrey Wincott
as The Parasite
as The Parasite
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Andrée Howard
Choreographer
Choreographer
Karel Čapek
Writer
Writer
Stephen Thomas
Producer
Producer
Clifford Bax
Adaptation
Adaptation
Stephen Thomas
Director
Director
Frederic Austin
Music
Music
Hugh Stevenson
Costume Design
Costume Design
Josef Čapek
Writer
Writer
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