- HD 1080
- Runtime: 81m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Germany
- Director: Maren Ade
- Stars: Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Schulz, Robert Schupp
- keywords: mockery, failure, idealist, teacher, betrayal by friend, woman director
- Production_studio: Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg (MFG), Komplizen Film, Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, KaufmannWöbke GbR, SWR, ARD, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
- The The Forest for the Trees is featured in the top rankings of 2004
- #66 in Top Comedy Movies of 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.