Köln 75

Mar 13, 2025

1h 56m

★ 7.2

In a man's world, make some noise.

Overview

The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organize the greatest solo concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.

Genres

Drama

History

Music

Production Companies

One Two Films

Mizzel Media

Extreme Emotions

Lemming Film

Alamode Filmproduktion

WDR

Köln 75 Trailers

Cast

Vera Brandes

Mala Emde

Keith Jarrett

John Magaro

Michael Watts

Michael Chernus

Ilse Brandes

Jördis Triebel

Manfred Eicher

Alexander Scheer

Dr. Brandes

Ulrich Tukur

Vera Brandes (age 50)

Susanne Wolff

Dr. Suter

Patrick Joswig

Fritz Brandes

Leo Meier

Otto Finster

Tobias Lange

Hans Giese

Jürgen Rißmann

Officer Schmidt

Peter Sikorski

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