The Forest for the Trees
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An idealistic young teacher moves to the city for her first job and watches her enthusiasm curdle into loneliness and humiliation.
Why watch: Ade's film-school thesis. She based it on stories her teacher parents told her.
Cast
Eva Löbau as Melanie Pröschle
Daniela Holtz as Tina Schaffner
Jan Neumann as Thorsten Rehm
Ilona Schulz as Frau Sussmann
Robert Schupp as Tobias
Heinz Röser-Dümmig as Lutger Reinhardt
Martina Eckrich as Renate Pföhler
Nina Fiedler as Bine
Hans-Rüdiger Kucich as Gerd Postweiler
Ruth Köppler as Elvira Fischer-Walter
Achim Enchelmaier as Bernd
Monika Hirschle as Melanies Mutter
Volker Jeck as Volker Jeck
Hans-Peter Gastiger as Recycler
Andreas Bornhardt as Garden Center Worker
Crew
Maren Ade — Director
Maren Ade — Writer
Janine Jackowski — Producer
Emrah Ertem — Casting
Nikolai von Graevenitz — Director of Photography
Heike Parplies — Editor
Claudia Schoelzel — Production Design
Eric Ségol — Art Direction
Gitti Fuchs — Costume Design
Nellis Du Biel — Original Music Composer
Ina Siefert — Original Music Composer
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