Vera Brandes (Mala Emde) is just a teenager, or so it seems, but soon it is impossible to imagine the music scene of the seventies without her. As a concert organiser, she has already brought the biggest names to Germany – against the wishes of her parents and against the adversities of a music world that only smiles wearily when a young woman asserts herself in an industry that is considered a male domain. But Vera perseveres and puts everything on the line for her big dream: Keith Jarrett (John Magaro), a virtuoso jazz pianist, is due to perform at the Cologne Opera late on the evening of 24 January 1975. Everything is prepared, but then events come thick and fast. Faced with disaster, Vera Brandes has to save a concert that will go down in history…

On 24 January 1975, Keith Jarrett, alone at the piano, plays a jazz concert at the Cologne Opera House that goes down in the annals of modern music: the record release ‘The Köln Concert’ becomes the most successful solo jazz release of all time with over 4 million copies sold.In January, this major music-historical event celebrates its 50th anniversary.Director and author Ido Fluk (‘The Ticket’) was inspired by the true events for KÖLN 75 and tells the incredible story behind it, which is unknown to many.At the centre is Vera Brandes, a young, determined and emancipated woman who asserts herself in a male-dominated society in order to realise her dream.Mala Emde (‘Und morgen die ganze Welt’) embodies her brilliantly as a passionate music lover and rebel who unwaveringly goes her own way in the turbulent seventies. At her side is John Magaro (‘Past Lives’, ‘September 5’) as Keith Jarrett.