The Insect Play
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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The Insect Play
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
May 29, 1939
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Music, Drama
Original Title
The Insect Play
Production Companies
BBC
Director
Stephen Thomas
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.
