Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer

"The first adapation of the beloved bee starring real insects!"

Apr 28 1929 N/A 1h 16m
Adventure, Documentary, Fantasy

Maya the Bee is a dramatised documentary film displaying living bees and other forest animals interacting with each other. Based on the book by Waldemar Bonsels, he also assisted himself in cinematography, along with A.O. Weitzenberg. The film was restored in 2004, after a decent copy (nitrate) of this film survived in the Finnish Film Archives possession and was done by Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv with the support of Waldemar Bonsels-Stiftung.

Plot

A dramatized documentary displaying living bees and other forest animals interacting with each other. Based on a fairy tale by the same name (1912), written by Waldemar Bonsels (1881-1952). He himself assisted in the filming.

Written by

Waldemar Bonsels, Curt Thomalla

Directed by

Waldemar Bonsels, Wolfram Junghans

Cast

N/A

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Reichsverband Kultur-Film

Languages

Deutsch, No Language

Awards

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Scores
# of Votes
42
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA