The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s clear: this amateur theatre company has a long way to go before they can perform their version of "The Insect Play", a famous satirical work from 1922 by the brothers Karel and Josef Čapek which features insects with decidedly human traits: greed, egocentrism, jealousy.
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Cast
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Jan Budař
Václav
Known for
Shadowplay
Medieval
Jiří Lábus
Dung Beetle
Known for
The Pied Piper
Conspirators of Pleasure
Norbert Lichý
Parasite
Also in
Slunečná
Kosmo
Jaromír Dulava
Mr. Cricket
Known for
Dark Blue World
I Served the King of England
Kamila Magálová
Mrs. Cricket
Also in
Za sklom
You Kiss Like a God
Ivana Uhlířová
Larva
Also in
Burning Bush
Co ste hasiči
Pavel Nový
Known for
Little Otik
Conspirators of Pleasure
Jan Švankmajer Director · Karel Čapek Author Josef Čapek Author
Budget $400K · First release January 29, 2018 · Produced in Czechia, Slovakia
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Budget
$400,000
Production
ATHANOR
Production
PubRes
Production
Česká televize
Production
Amour Fou Filmproduktion
Production
C-Ga Film
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Czechia · Slovakia
Produced in
Insects
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Languages
Original title
Hmyz
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Netherlands · January 29, 2018
Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Czechia · February 19, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
China
June 14, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Slovakia
February 19, 2018 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 4, 2019 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
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