The Axe and the Lamp

Name: The Axe and the Lamp
Genre: Animation, Documentary
Released: 1963-01-01
Duration: 7 min

7m·Animation, Documentary

Directed by John Halas·1963

Rate

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole world of sin and folly as relevant today as in the 16th century.

DirectorJohn HalasCinematographyRon TaylorStudioHalas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

Actor	Role
RRobert RobinsonNarrator	Narrator

The Axe and the Lamp · Queuebrick