The Insect Play

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.

Release Date

May 29, 1939

Status

Released

Original Title

The Insect Play

Runtime

1h 30min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English

Production Companies

BBC