The Girl from Köln
2025Behind 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.
Acted in
Mala Emde
as Vera Brandes
John Magaro
as Keith Jarrett
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
Shirin Lilly Eissa
as Isa
Marie-Lou Sellem
as Isa (age 50)
Corey Johnson
as Lawrence Mailer
Michael Chernus
as Michael Watts
Nikolai Kinski
as Officer Schultz
Julius Feldmeier
as David Menk
Enno Trebs
as Jan