Köln 75


Mala Emde
Köln 75 by Ido Fluk
DEU, POL, BEL 2025, Berlinale Special
© Wolfgang Ennenbach / One Two Films
With
- Mala Emde (Vera)
- John Magaro (Keith)
- Michael Chernus (Michael)
- Alexander Scheer (Manfred)
- Ulrich Tukur (Vera's father)
- Jördis Triebel (Vera's mother)
- Susanne Wolff (Vera (50))
- Enno Trebs (Jan)
- Shirin Lilly Eissa (Isa)
- Leo Meier (Fritz)
Crew
Director | Ido Fluk |
Screenplay | Ido Fluk |
Cinematography | Jens Harant |
Editing | Anja Siemens |
Music | Hubert Walkowski |
Sound Design | Frederik van de Moortel |
Production Design | Jutta Freyer |
Casting | Emrah Ertem |
Producers | Sol Bondy, Fred Burle |
Co-Producers | Ewa Puszczyńska, Dries Phlypo, Fabien Arséguel, Elena Diesbach, Tobias Lehman |
Executive Producers | Lillian Lasalle, Oren Moverman, Annegret Weitkämper-Krug |
Produced by
One Two Films
Extreme Emotions
Lemming Film Belgium
Alamode Filmproduktion
World Sales
Bankside Films

Flowers for the Film Team
Köln 75 · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Berlinale Special · Feb 18, 2025

Film Team at Kiez Cinema
The team and audience celebrate Vera Brandes, on whose life the film is based on.
Köln 75 · Berlinale Goes Kiez · Berlinale Special · Feb 18, 2025

Mala Emde, Vera Brandes
On the left the actor, on the right the music producer on whose life the film is based on and who brought Keith Jarrett's “Köln Concert” to the stage in 1975.
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 16, 2025

Photo Call
Cast & crew at the premiere in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 16, 2025

Michael Stütz, Ido Fluk
The Co-Director of Film Programming in conversation with the director in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 16, 2025

Mala Emde, Ido Fluk
The main actor and the director at the Press Conference.
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2025

Mala Emde, Alexander Scheer
The actors with a casual pose at the Photo Call.
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2025

Film Team
Cast&Crew at the Photo Call.
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2025

John Magaro
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2025
© Jens Koch

Mala Emde
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2025
© Jens Koch

Ido Fluk
Köln 75 · Berlinale Special · Feb 15, 2025
© Jens Koch
Fred Burle, Sol Bondy, John Magaro, Mala Emde, Ido Fluk, Michael Chernus
Köln 75
Berlinale Special · Press Conference · Feb 15, 2025
Ido Fluk

The director is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts and lives in New York City, USA. He is the co-writer and director of The Ticket which screened in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival and of Never Too Late which premiered in Edinburgh and won the Regard d’or at the Festival International de Films de Fribourg. He is currently working with Joe Wright to develop the series Empty Mansions for HBO and with James Schamus on the legal thriller 24 Hours in June.
Filmography
2011 Never too Late 2016 The Ticket 2025 Köln 75
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025