

The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organize the greatest solo concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.
Acting
Mala Emde's Vera burns with desperate, specific hunger.
Score
Jarrett's improvisation woven through like another character.
Production
Cologne recreated in grainy amber period detail.
Director
Ido Fluk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual Köln Concert recording was made on a subpar Bosendorfer with sticky keys and a squeaky pedal—Jarrett nearly refused to play.
Vera Brandes became Germany's youngest-ever concert promoter at 17; most of the men who dismissed her are footnotes now.
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