The Insect Play (1939)
1h 30m
Running Time
May 29, 1939Release Date
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.
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Cast & Crew.
![Wilfrid Grantham](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist / First Snail
![Edmund Willard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/237477-edmund-willard.webp)
Edmund Willard
The Tramp
![Pamela Standish](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis
![Maire O'Neill](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
![Frank Birch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
![Clifford Bax](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/876016-clifford-bax.webp)
Clifford Bax
Writer
![Charles Peters](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Peters
Robber Beetle/Journalist
![Rupert Bruce Lockhart](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
![Karel Čapek](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173892-karel-capek.webp)
Karel Čapek
Writer
![Nigel Playfair](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/329043-nigel-playfair.webp)
Nigel Playfair
Writer
![Sheila Kay](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sheila Kay
The Larva
![Leslie French](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6496-leslie-french.webp)
Leslie French
Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
![Stephen Thomas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stephen Thomas
Producer
![Wendy Toye](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/182653-wendy-toye.webp)
Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket
![Wilfred Franks](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wilfred Franks
The Blind Ant Timekeeper
![Geoffrey Wincott](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Geoffrey Wincott
The Parasite
![Stephen Thomas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stephen Thomas
Director / Producer
![Josef Čapek](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/635274-josef-capek.webp)
Josef Čapek
Writer
![Frederic Austin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Frederic Austin
Music
![Andrée Howard](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Andrée Howard
Choreographer
![Hugh Stevenson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugh Stevenson
Costume Design
Details.
This Movie Is About.
dance