The Hidden Life of Trees

Name: The Hidden Life of Trees
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 16, 2021
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Achim Bogdahn, Carina Wohlleben, Daniel Ramos Claus, Dirk Zöll, Hanny Lee

2021

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Constantin Film | Release Date: July 16, 2021 | PG

Starring: Achim Bogdahn, Carina Wohlleben, Daniel Ramos Claus, Dirk Zöll, Hanny Lee, Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, Markus Lanz, Miriam Wohlleben, Peter Wohlleben, Selma Üsük

Summary: A walk in the woods will never be the same after watching this documentary The Hidden Life of Trees. Based on his best-selling book that profoundly changed our understanding of forests, renowned forester & writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most enlightening ideas. Presenting his ecological, biological and academic expertise withA walk in the woods will never be the same after watching this documentary The Hidden Life of Trees. Based on his best-selling book that profoundly changed our understanding of forests, renowned forester & writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most enlightening ideas. Presenting his ecological, biological and academic expertise with infectious enthusiasm and candor, Wohlleben travels through Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Vancouver to illustrate the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland for decades.… Expand

Director: Jan Haft and Jörg Adolph

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 101 min

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Devika Girish

Jul 15, 2021

The documentary The Hidden Life of Trees uses the sensorial capacities of cinema to thrillingly visualize Wohlleben’s observations. Read full review

Kate Taylor

Aug 26, 2021

Based on the 2015 book of the same title, The Hidden Life of Trees is a documentary both simple and startling. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Jul 16, 2021

By the end of this film, you might think that understanding trees on such human terms is not even close to doing them justice. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Aug 26, 2021

If you’re tempted into the woods by this film, maybe you’ll be a little more open to the idea of “individual rights” gathered in number to battle “corporate rights” in search of a more sane and sustainable way of looking at the forest, and the trees within it. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Sep 22, 2021

The film is full of lovely images, macro close-ups and time-lapse photography mixed in with some inspirational politics...But by the end, this gentle meandering film about a man who loves forests feels at least half-nonsensical. Read full review

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