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The Insect Play (1939)

1h 30m May 29, 1939
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.

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Movie Details

Original Title The Insect Play
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2

Cast

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Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist / First Snail
Popularity: 0.0
Edmund Willard
Edmund Willard
The Tranp
Popularity: 1.0
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Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis
Popularity: 0.2
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Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Popularity: 0.1
Maire O'Neill
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Popularity: 1.2
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Charles Peters
Robber Beetle/Journalist
Popularity: 0.1
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Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Popularity: 0.4
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Sheila Kay
The Larva
Popularity: 0.0
Leslie French
Leslie French
Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
Popularity: 0.6
Wendy Toye
Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket
Popularity: 4.1
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Wilfred Franks
The Blind Ant Timekeeper
Popularity: 0.0
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Geoffrey Wincott
The Parasite
Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Producer Stephen Thomas
Writer Josef Čapek, Karel Čapek
Director Stephen Thomas
Music Frederic Austin

Production

BBC
GB

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Keywords

dance

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Details
Release Date May 29, 1939
Runtime 1h 30m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.2
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