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The Axe and the Lamp
1963 Directed by John HalasExamines 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.
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Robert Robinson
....................................................Narrator
Director
...........................................................John Halas
Writer
...........................................................Paul Dehn
Music
...........................................................Jack King
Director of Photography
...........................................................Ron Taylor
Editor
...........................................................Jack King
Sound
...........................................................Jack King
Production Companies
...................................................Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
Production Countries
........................................................United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Animation
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