Gerwig Lawitzky

It covers thirty percent of the Earth's land mass and yet, most of us barely scratch the surface. Now, discover what few people have seen, as The Green Planet follows the stories of forest inhabitants, from graceful red deer to cunning foxes and impressive wild boar. With cutting edge technology, we also explore some of the more bizarre and wonderful forest dwellers: the purple emperor, liverworts, stag beetles and corydalis. See flowers bloom and blades of grass cut through the snow. Spend time in a foxes den with her new born cubs and follow tiny insects and creatures with microscopic detail. Be a part of a journey that takes you through the seasons and be prepared to be amazed by the natural wonder of creation, destruction and rebirth in this incomparable landscape.

For most people, "the bee" is the honey bee, busy producing flowers and honey and wax. But very few people know that there are more than 560 other bee species in Central Europe, most of which live as solitary creatures. The behavior of wild bees is as diverse as their appearance, size and habitat

In his film, Jan Haft shows the almost unbelievable diversity of native wild bees and their amazing adaptations to a wide variety of habitats and living conditions. For most people, "the bee" is the honey bee, which diligently visits flowers and lives as a colony, consisting of a queen and several tens of thousands of workers, in a wooden box or a woven beehive, where it produces honey and wax. However, very few people know that there are over 560 other bee species in Central Europe, the vast majority of which do not live in colonies but as solitary bees. The behavior and lifestyles of these so-called wild bees are as diverse as their appearance, size and habitats. Among the wild bees there are giants with a body length of three centimetres, but also dwarfs that are just three millimetres long. Most wild bees are rather inconspicuously colored.

It covers thirty percent of the Earth's land mass and yet, most of us barely scratch the surface. Now, discover what few people have seen, as The Green Planet follows the stories of forest inhabitants, from graceful red deer to cunning foxes and impressive wild boar. With cutting edge technology, we also explore some of the more bizarre and wonderful forest dwellers: the purple emperor, liverworts, stag beetles and corydalis. See flowers bloom and blades of grass cut through the snow. Spend time in a foxes den with her new born cubs and follow tiny insects and creatures with microscopic detail. Be a part of a journey that takes you through the seasons and be prepared to be amazed by the natural wonder of creation, destruction and rebirth in this incomparable landscape.

For most people, "the bee" is the honey bee, busy producing flowers and honey and wax. But very few people know that there are more than 560 other bee species in Central Europe, most of which live as solitary creatures. The behavior of wild bees is as diverse as their appearance, size and habitat

In his film, Jan Haft shows the almost unbelievable diversity of native wild bees and their amazing adaptations to a wide variety of habitats and living conditions. For most people, "the bee" is the honey bee, which diligently visits flowers and lives as a colony, consisting of a queen and several tens of thousands of workers, in a wooden box or a woven beehive, where it produces honey and wax. However, very few people know that there are over 560 other bee species in Central Europe, the vast majority of which do not live in colonies but as solitary bees. The behavior and lifestyles of these so-called wild bees are as diverse as their appearance, size and habitats. Among the wild bees there are giants with a body length of three centimetres, but also dwarfs that are just three millimetres long. Most wild bees are rather inconspicuously colored.