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 is a 2025 German music-drama film directed by Ido Fluk. The film follows Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, as she makes plans to organize a Keith Jarrett concert in Cologne. Mala Emde and John Magaro star as Brandes and Jarrett, respectively.
