The Insect Play

Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 30m

Genre

Music, Drama

Release Date

29 May 1939

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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