The Insect Play (1939)

The Insect Play (1939)

1939-05-29 United Kingdom 90 Min. PG-13
0 0 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

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