The Forest for the Trees

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.

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

Reviews

pancine

Easy to identify with Melanie and the end was moving but much of the film is uninvolved and lightweight....

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