Köln 75

Köln 75

116 mins | Drama | March 13, 2025

Behind one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, how it almost didn’t happen, and how one formidable German teenager, Vera Brandes, breaks every boundary to set the conditions for the creation of a masterpiece. Vera, still in high school when she started producing and promoting music concerts in Cologne, puts everything on the line to put on this show. But Vera believes in the power of music, and she’s never seen anyone play like Keith Jarrett before.

Köln 75

116 mins | Drama | March 13, 2025

Köln 75
Behind one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, how it almost didn’t happen, and how one formidable German teenager, Vera Brandes, breaks every boundary to set the conditions for the creation of a masterpiece. Vera, still in high school when she started producing and promoting music concerts in Cologne, puts everything on the line to put on this show. But Vera believes in the power of music, and she’s never seen anyone play like Keith Jarrett before.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Alamode Film, One Two Films, Bankside Films, MMC Movies, Extreme Emotions, Gretchenfilm, Lemming Film, Nuworx Productions, Mizzel Media
Original title Köln 75
Directors Lilli-Marie Schopp, Ido Fluk
Writers Ido Fluk

Cast

Mala Emde

as Vera Brandes

John Magaro

as Keith Jarrett

Michael Chernus

as Michael Watts

Jördis Triebel

as Ilse Brandes

Alexander Scheer

as Manfred Eicher

Ulrich Tukur

as Dr. Brandes

Susanne Wolff

as Vera Brandes (age 50)

Patrick Joswig

as Dr. Suter

Leo Meier

as Fritz Brandes

Tobias Lange

as Otto Finster

Jürgen Rißmann

as Hans Giese

Peter Sikorski

as Officer Schmidt

Uwe Preuss

as Mr. Breuer

Moritz Heidelbach

as Journalist Horst

Tonio Schneider

as Martin Wieland

Michael del Coco

as Journalist Bernd

Christina Schumacher

as FEX Real Estate Agent

Marie-Lou Sellem

as Isa (age 50)

Corey Johnson

as Lawrence Mailer

Nikolai Kinski

as Officer Schultz

Julius Feldmeier

as David Menk

Enno Trebs

as Jan