The Insect Play

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 29, 1939

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

BBC

Cast

Sheila Kay,Frank Birch,Wendy Toye,Geoffrey Wincott,Pamela Standish,Rupert Bruce Lockhart,Leslie French,Wilfred Franks,Maire O'Neill,Wilfrid Granthamand 2 more

Director

Stephen Thomas

Writer

Karel Čapek,Josef Čapek,Clifford Bax

Producer

Stephen Thomas

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0422473