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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.
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At a glance
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most music movies, −16 min on the typical 106
typical 10690Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Released
1939
May 29, 1939
87 years ago
Genres
MusicDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
12 people
- WGWilfrid GranthamThe Lepidopterist / First Snail
Edmund WillardThe Tranp- PSPamela StandishThe Chrysalis
- FBFrank BirchMr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'NeillMrs. Beetle / Philanthropist- CPCharles PetersRobber Beetle/Journalist
- RBRupert Bruce LockhartThe Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
- SKSheila KayThe Larva
Leslie FrenchMr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy ToyeMrs. Cricket- WFWilfred FranksThe Blind Ant Timekeeper
- GWGeoffrey WincottThe Parasite
Directing · 1
- Stephen Thomas Director, Producer
Writing · 3
- Karel Čapek Writer
- Josef Čapek Writer
- Clifford Bax Adaptation
Sound · 1
- Frederic Austin Music
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Hugh Stevenson Costume Design
Other crew · 1
- Andrée Howard Choreographer
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