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.
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
The runtime is 90 minutes (1h 30m).
The film was directed by Stephen Thomas.
The screenplay was written by Karel Čapek and Josef Čapek.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0422473.
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The Insect Play
Released
English
United Kingdom
