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
as Vera Brandes
John Magaro
as Keith Jarrett
Michael Chernus
as Michael Watts
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
