The Insect Play
19391ч 30мин
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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.
Director:Stephen Thomas
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Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateMay 29, 1939
Original Languageen
Statistics
Vote Count1
Popularity0
Languages
English
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Crew
Writers
Karel Čapek
Josef Čapek
Producers
Stephen Thomas
Composer
Frederic Austin
Keywords
dance
Cast
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Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist / First Snail
Edmund Willard
The Tranp
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Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis
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Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
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Charles Peters
Robber Beetle/Journalist
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Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
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Sheila Kay
The Larva
Leslie French
Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket
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Wilfred Franks
The Blind Ant Timekeeper
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Geoffrey Wincott
The Parasite
