03 Dec 1999
Sweet and Lowdown
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
Köln 75
In a man's world, make some noise.
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.
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Mala Emde Vera Brandes
John Magaro Keith Jarrett
Michael Chernus Michael Watts
Jördis Triebel Ilse Brandes
Alexander Scheer Manfred Eicher
Ulrich Tukur Dr. Brandes
Susanne Wolff Vera Brandes (age 50)
Patrick Joswig Dr. Suter
Leo Meier Fritz Brandes
Tobias Lange Otto Finster
Jürgen Rißmann Hans Giese
Peter Sikorski Officer Schmidt
Uwe Preuss Mr. Breuer
Moritz Heidelbach Journalist Horst
Tonio Schneider Martin Wieland
Michael del Coco Journalist Bernd
Christina Schumacher FEX Real Estate Agent
Shirin Lilly Eissa Isa
Marie-Lou Sellem Isa (age 50)
Corey Johnson Lawrence Mailer
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