More Than Honey
2012 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · 85% critics
This globe-spanning documentary explores the fragile world of honeybees, moving from small-scale beekeeping to industrial pollination across multiple countries. Along the way, it looks at how modern farming pressures, chemicals, and changing practices may be linked to widespread bee losses, while offering striking close-up views of life inside the hive.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-08-11
- Language
- German
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (101 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an eye-opening, visually rich documentary about food systems and nature that can feel urgent and sad at times; Not for you if you want light viewing or dislike unsettling real-world footage.
Pros: stunning close-up visuals; informative global scope; thought-provoking and emotional | Cons: often bleak tone; some disturbing scenes; niche topic focus
Themes
- beehive
- agriculture
- nature
- pesticide
- bee
- pollination
- environment
- organic agriculture
- environmentalist
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2014 · nominated
Cast & crew
Fred Jaggi
as Self
Randolf Menzel
as Self
- LS
Liane Singer
as Self
Heidrun Singer
as Self
John Hurt
as Narrator (english voice)
Charles Berling
as Narrator (french voice)
Robert Hunger-Bühler
as Narrator (german voice)
- JM
John Miller
as Self
Directed by Markus Imhoof