The Hidden Life of Trees

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jörg Adolph directs. Jan Haft behind the camera. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 6 years ago.
• 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 3Directed by Jörg Adolph, shot by Jan Haft. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4IMDB entry: tt11276298 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 5Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Jan Haft

Runtime

101 min · 1h 41m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

DE

Certification (US)

AL

IMDB

The Hidden Life of Trees (2020) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

94% 🍅 Fresh

Metacritic

73/100

IMDB rating

7/10 · 820 votes

MPAA

PG

Also by

Jörg Adolph

• 
  Subject: Filmmaking

  2024 · ★ 7.6
• 
  On/Off The Record

  2002 · ★ 7.3
• 
  Bird's Eyeview

  2022 · ★ 6.5
• 
  How to Make a Book with Steidl

  2010 · ★ 5.5
• 
  Elternschule

  2018 · ★ 4.0
• 
  Carlos Saura - Fotograf

  2017

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  The Hidden Life of Trees - Official Movie Trailer (2021)

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Constantin Film

  DE

Key crew

• ProducerFriederich Oetker
• BookPeter Wohlleben

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• based on novel or book
• tree

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2020-01-23AL

Also known as

International titles

• The Hidden Life of TreesUS
• 自然就樹美TW