EXCLUSIVE: Zeitgeist Movies, in affiliation with Kino Lorber, has acquired from Bankside Movies all U.S. rights to Ido Fluk’s Köln 75, which tells the within story behind Keith Jarrett’s fabled record-breaking 1975 live performance in Cologne, Germany.
Zeitgeist Movies will launch the movie theatrically on the IFC Middle in New York this fall with a nationwide rollout to comply with.
Starring Mala Emde, John Magaro, and Michael Chernus, the movie acquired 4 Lola Award nominations in Germany together with Finest Image and has crossed a million {dollars} on the German field workplace with greater than 100,000 admissions.
The movie offered to a number of territories following its Particular Gala premiere on the 2025 Berlinale in February and is scheduled to open internationally within the coming months.
Keith Jarrett’s legendary efficiency in January 1975 almost didn’t occur. Based mostly on a real story, Köln 75 follows how the live performance was conceived and orchestrated by the efforts of a teenage up and coming live performance promoter, Vera Brandes, (performed by German actress Mala Emde). Her enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from organizing the live performance venue (the Cologne Opera Home), selling the occasion, and promoting the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to carry out when he virtually dropped out when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be discovered. John Magaro performs Jarrett who performs a one-hour, fully improvised live performance, which grew to become the best-selling solo album in jazz historical past.
The deal for Köln 75 was negotiated by Zeitgeist Movies Co-President Emily Russo and Yana Georgieva at Bankside Movies.
Pic is written and directed by Ido Fluk, produced by Sol Bondy and Fred Burle, and government produced by Oren Moverman, Lillian LaSalle, Zelene Fowler, Michael Fowler, Paul Hudson, Talaat Captan, Julianne Hausler, Jennifer Fox, and Annegret Weitkämper-Krug.
Zeitgeist Co-Presidents Emily Russo and Nancy Gerstman mentioned: “We beloved this energetic and interesting story with sensible performances and sit up for sharing it with American audiences who’ve beloved this iconic album for many years, however certainly have no idea the ‘virtually didn’t occur’ occasions behind its making.”
Govt producer Oren Moverman famous: “We’re elated to be working with Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo on the iconic Zeitgeist Movies in partnership with the really impartial Kino Lorber. At a time when audiences have clearly expressed a starvation for recent high quality cinema, Ido Fluk’s Köln 75 hits all the fitting notes with a kinetic, enjoyable, emotionally resonant story concerning the energy of dwell music — be it jazz, pop, punk, or rock — to rework the world not solely from the stage, but additionally from behind the scenes. We’re enormously pleased with Mala Emde’s exuberant powerhouse efficiency as Vera Brandes, together with John Magaro and Michael Chernus’ magical turns, in addition to the remainder of the superb German forged. We all know that Köln 75 will mesmerize audiences and steer their hearts towards the document outlets, live performance venues and music apps.”
