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Trees talk, know family ties and care for their young? Is this too fantastic to be true? German forester Peter Wohlleben and scientist Suzanne Simard have been observing and investigating the communication between trees over decades. And their findings are most astounding.
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Audiences 71GoodWatch 73
IMDb7.1
Running time
45 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −51 min on the typical 96
typical 9645Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 20 more
Released
2017
September 27, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- Canada
- Germany
Directing · 2
- Guido Tölke Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- Julia Dordel Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Ron Kellermann Story Consultant
Production · 1
- Les M. Lavkulich Executive Producer
Sound · 1
- Dirk Austen Sound Editor
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