The Insect Play (movie)

The Insect Play (movie)

  • Production country: United Kingdom
  • Producer: Stephen Thomas
  • Production companies: BBC
  • Genre: Music, Drama
  • Release date: 5/29/1939
  • Run time: 90 min.

Movie description

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.

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Wilfrid Grantham

Wilfrid Grantham

Role(s): The Lepidopterist / First Snail

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Edmund Willard

Edmund Willard

Role(s): The Tranp

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Pamela Standish

Pamela Standish

Role(s): The Chrysalis

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Frank Birch

Frank Birch

Role(s): Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

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Maire O'Neill

Maire O'Neill

Role(s): Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

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