Sep 16, 2004
81 min
Full-HD

The Forest for the Trees (2004)

As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

Germany

Companies

Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg (MFG) Komplizen Film Rat Pack Filmproduktion Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe KaufmannWöbke GbR SWR ARD Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

Eva Löbau

Melanie Pröschle

Daniela Holtz

Tina Schaffner

Jan Neumann

Thorsten Rehm

Ilona Schulz

Frau Sussmann

Robert Schupp

Tobias

Heinz Röser-Dümmig

Lutger Reinhardt

Martina Eckrich

Renate Pföhler

Nina Fiedler

Bine

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