German Currents Kino San Diego
Köln 75

@ German Currents Kino San Diego

Fri, 12/05/2025 -
Thu, 12/11
Digital Gym San Diego

Ido Fluk's award-winning film KÖLN 75 is presented as part of GERMAN CURRENTS KINO San Diego, a partnership between the Goethe-Institut, emago media, and the Digital Gym Cinema, and with the support of AMONG FRIENDS – UNTER FREUNDEN, a campaign of the Goethe-Institut USA to celebrate and strengthen transatlantic friendship.
 
SHOWTIMES:
Friday, December 5, 2025: 7:00 
Saturday, December 6, 2025: TBD
Sunday, December 7, 2025: 3:00 
Monday, December 8, 2025: TBD
Tuesday, December 9, 2025: TBD
Wednesday, December 10, 2025. TBD
Thursday, December 11, 2025: TBD
 

KÖLN 75
Writer-Director Ido Fluk, Cinematography Jens Harant, Editor Anja Siemens, Musik Hubert Walkowski, Cast Mala Emde, John Magaro, Michael Chernus, Alexander Scheer, Ulrich Tukur, Jördis Triebel, Susanne Wolff, Enno Trebs, Shirin Eissa, Leo Meier, Producers Sol Bondy, Fred Burle
Production Company One Two Films GmbH (Berlin/Bremen)

Keith Jarrett’s legendary performance in January 1975 nearly didn’t happen. Based on a true story,Köln 75follows how the concert was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming concert promoter, Vera Brandes, (played by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the concert venue (the Cologne Opera House), promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to perform when he almost dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Mala Emde’s joyful portrayal of the enthusiastic and unstoppable Vera.Köln 75captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown backstory about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which became the best-selling solo album in jazz history.

 
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS 
Bambi 2025 Bambi, Schauspielerin National
Günter Rohrbach Filmpreis 2025 Preis des Saarländischen Rundfunks
Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2025 Deutscher Schauspielpreis, Dramatische Hauptrolle

Presented as part of AMONG FRIENDS – UNTER FREUNDEN, a campaign of the Goethe-Institut USA to celebrate and strengthen transatlantic friendship.