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The Insect Play

Movie 1939 TMDB 7.0/10 Released

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.

The Insect Play is a movie first shown in 1939. Runtime is 90 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Music, Drama. TMDB score 7.0/10 from 1 votes.

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Title details

Type
Movie
Original title
The Insect Play
Release year
1939
Release date
May 29, 1939
Status
Released
Runtime
90 minutes
Genres
Music, Drama
Production companies
BBC
Director
Stephen Thomas
TMDB rating
7.0/10 (1 votes)
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Cast

W

Wilfrid Grantham

The Lepidopterist / First Snail

Edmund Willard

Edmund Willard

The Tranp

P

Pamela Standish

The Chrysalis

F

Frank Birch

Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

Maire O'Neill

Maire O'Neill

Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

C

Charles Peters

Robber Beetle/Journalist

R

Rupert Bruce Lockhart

The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

S

Sheila Kay

The Larva

Leslie French

Leslie French

Mr. Cricket / Second Snail

Wendy Toye

Wendy Toye

Mrs. Cricket

W

Wilfred Franks

The Blind Ant Timekeeper

G

Geoffrey Wincott

The Parasite

Characters

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

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