The Insect Play (1939)

Music Drama

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.

Duration

90 min

Rating

⭐ 7.0 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

May 29, 1939

Languages

English

Production

BBC