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.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Karel ČapekWriter
- Josef ČapekWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 29, 1939
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Production
Cast
- Wilfrid GranthamThe Lepidopterist / First Snail
Edmund WillardThe Tranp- Pamela StandishThe Chrysalis
- Frank BirchMr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'NeillMrs. Beetle / Philanthropist- Charles PetersRobber Beetle/Journalist
- Rupert Bruce LockhartThe Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
- Sheila KayThe Larva
Leslie FrenchMr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy ToyeMrs. Cricket- Wilfred FranksThe Blind Ant Timekeeper
- Geoffrey WincottThe Parasite
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