This classic from Rolf Forsberg, in the style of Fellini and Bergman, tells the story of a gardener who decides to introduce ants to his garden, because they will benefit what grows there. He is disturbed when the ants spend all their time fighting. He sends his son to teach them how to live peacefully.
Direction
Forsberg channels Bergman's dread with ant puppets.
Writing
Narrator Fred Gwynne treats insect warfare like Shakespearean tragedy.
Director
Rolf Forsberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fred Gwynne filmed this narration between Munster seasons, apparently desperate to be taken seriously as an actor.
Released during Vietnam escalation, the ant warfare reads as painfully obvious allegory—Forsberg basically made an anti-war film with insects before Pixar existed.
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