Köln 75

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The Open Air Cinema Summer at the Waschhaus is presented by Thalia Programmkino & the Waschhaus Potsdam

Cologne 75
Biopic/music, D/PL/BE, 2025, 110 min, FSK 12

The screening will take place with headphones.

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 promoter, 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. och Vera perseveres and puts everything on the line for her big dream: Keith Jarrett (JOHN MAGARO), a virtuoso jazz pianist, is to perform at the Cologne Opera late on the evening of January 24, 1975. Everything is prepared, but then events take a turn for the worse. Faced with disaster, Vera Brandes has to save a concert that will go down in history...

On January 24, 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, selling over 4 million copies. 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 center of the story is Vera Brandes, a young, determined and emancipated woman who asserts herself in a male-dominated society in order to realize her dream. Mala Emde (AND TOMORROW THE WHOLE WORLD) embodies her brilliantly as a passionate music lover and rebel who unwaveringly goes her own way in the turbulent seventies. She is joined by John Magaro (PAST LIVES, SEPTEMBER 5) as Keith Jarrett and the German stars Alexander Scheer, Ulrich Tukur, Jördis Triebel and Susanne Wolff.

KÖLN 75 celebrates its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

Cover picture: © Wolfgang Ennebach - One Two Films

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++ ViP bonus promotion ++

ViP-ABO customers receive free refreshments at every event of the "Open Air Cinema Summer at the Waschhaus"! The Potsdamer Verkehrsbetrieb (ViP) is giving its loyal customers a free drink ("2for1"). Simply show your ViP-ABO ticket at the entrance and you will receive a drink token. With this token, you can get two of the same drink for the price of one at the bar.
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Please note:

• Tickets are available online in advance and at the box office at Thalia.
• Tickets can be canceled free of charge up to one hour before the start of the film.
• In order not to disturb neighboring events on the Schiffbauergasse, the film screenings will take place with headphones from August 21 (you can get them from the Waschhaus).

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Advance booking: 13,00 € (incl. fee)

Admission: 19:30

This event is barrier-free accessible

Price information:

incl. fee