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The Axe and the Lamp

1963· 0h 7m

AnimationDocumentary

Directed by John Halas

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Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Robinson

Narrator

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