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The Insect Play

1939•1h 30m•7.0/10
  • Music
  • Drama

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.

Top Cast

  • Wilfrid Grantham

    Wilfrid Grantham

    The Lepidopterist / First Snail

  • Edmund Willard

    Edmund Willard

    The Tranp

  • Pamela Standish

    Pamela Standish

    The Chrysalis

  • Frank Birch

    Frank Birch

    Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

  • Maire O'Neill

    Maire O'Neill

    Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

  • Charles Peters

    Charles Peters

    Robber Beetle/Journalist

  • Rupert Bruce Lockhart

    Rupert Bruce Lockhart

    The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

  • Sheila Kay

    Sheila Kay

    The Larva

Details

Director
Stephen Thomas
Budget
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Revenue
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Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Status
Released

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