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Microcosmos(1996)
Status: Released
Date: 1996-09-06
75%
237 Votes
Time: 1h 20m
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
Overview:
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
Languages: English, French.
Countries:
France,
Switzerland,
Italy
Budget: $5,750,000.00
Revenue: $1,433,008.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Delta Images
Les Productions JMH
Urania Film
Movie: Microcosmos
Top 1 Billed Cast
Jacques Perrin
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Video Trailer Microcosmos
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