The Girl from Köln
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.
Storyline
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.
Mala Emde
Vera Brandes
John Magaro
Keith Jarrett
Jördis Triebel
Ilse Brandes
Alexander Scheer
Manfred Eicher
Ulrich Tukur
Dr. Brandes
Susanne Wolff
Vera Brandes (age 50)
Patrick Joswig
Dr. Suter
Leo Meier
Fritz Brandes
Tobias Lange
Otto Finster
Jürgen Rißmann
Hans Giese
Peter Sikorski
Officer Schmidt
Uwe Preuss
Mr. Breuer
Moritz Heidelbach
Journalist Horst
Tonio Schneider
Martin Wieland
Michael del Coco
Journalist Bernd
Christina Schumacher
FEX Real Estate Agent
Shirin Lilly Eissa
Isa
Marie-Lou Sellem
Isa (age 50)
Corey Johnson
Lawrence Mailer
Michael Chernus
Michael Watts
Nikolai Kinski
Officer Schultz
Julius Feldmeier
David Menk
Enno Trebs
Jan