The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Karel ČapekWriter
- Stephen ThomasDirector
- Josef ČapekWriter
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
Themes
dance