Maya the Bee Movie

2014
G
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.4K

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Richard Roxburgh and Kodi Smit-McPhee in Maya the Bee Movie (2014)

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Adventure Animation Comedy Family

Maya is a little bee with a big heart! Join her on an epic adventure.Maya is a little bee with a big heart! Join her on an epic adventure.Maya is a little bee with a big heart! Join her on an epic adventure.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

The Queen
(English version)
(voice)

Noah Taylor

Crawley (English version)
(voice)

David Collins

Arnie (English version)
(voice)

Heather Mitchell

Thekla the Spider
(English version)
(voice)
…

Justine Clarke

Miss Cassandra (English version)
(voice)

Coco Jack Gillies

Maya (English version)
(voice)

Andy McPhee

Hank (English version)
(voice)

Cosma Shiva Hagen

Frau Kassandra (German version)
(voice)

Shane Dundas

Barney (English version)
(voice)

Nina Hagen

Gunilla (German version)
(voice)

Eva-Maria Hagen

Die Bienenkönigin (German version)
(voice)

Alexs Stadermann

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Constantin von Jascheroff

Eddy (German version)
(voice)

Santiago Ziesmer

Hugo (German version)
(voice)

Fin Edquist

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Director
- Alexs Stadermann
Writers
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Storyline

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Trivia
The first version of this story was made in 1925 with its writer, Waldemar Bonsels assisting the production. Produced in Germany and released under the title, "Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer" and released in Britain as "The Adventures of Maya". It used micro-photography of real insects to tell the story. The last remaining nitrate 35mm print of the British version is owned by a Scottish archive who made a super 8mm reprint in 2000.

Goofs
When Flip is introduced to Maya and it cuts to the scene in which he shows Maya the meadow, his antennae are missing. In the next scene they are back again.

Quotes
Willy: Maya, not so fast! I forgot to tell you the most important bee saying of all: "You should always wait for Willy!"

Connections
Followed by Maya the Bee: The Honey Games (2018)

Soundtracks
Here Comes Maya the Bee (Instrumental Version)
Written by Johan Vanden Eede, Ute Engelhardt, and Oliver Heuss

User reviews23

Review

Featured review

9/10

Great fun for the little ones!

Wow what an amazing little movie! So glad my kids got to watch this, it's exactly what you hope it's going to be - it has singing, dancing and a lovely story about friendship and finding yourself. It's really nicely made in 3D with good voice acting. I can't believe this movie is Aussie? Very proud! The story is centred around a little Bee girl called Maya - who my friends tell me is a very popular character in Europe and is showing here on telly. She is really sweet and outgoing and wants to be friends with everyone and assumes the best of everyone. I won't spoil this for you but it's got good humour and some more modern jokes. The little ones followed it enough to figure out what was going on and stayed focused for a change! Definitely recommend this to all parents looking for something safe & fun - and I also got a few laughs myself.