Maya the Bee

Maya the Bee 1926 Directed by Waldemar Bonsels , Wolfram Junghans Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer

The first adapation of the beloved bee starring real insects!

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.

Country Germany

Production Country Germany

Language German

Spoken Languages German , No Language

Production Company Reichsverband Kultur-Film

Release Date 8 April 1926

76 mins