Now enchants everyone: Mala Emde in the Elle interview about her role in the movie "Cologne 75", about favorite music and time travel

Music fans get their money's worth in the cinema. Because after the film about Bob Dylan's beginnings ("Like a Complete Unknown") is now coming„Köln 75“in the cinemas. A wonderfully entertaining film about true passion. And how it is able to move mountains! Right in the middle: The 29-year-old actress from Frankfurt am Main, Mala Emde. Who celebrated her breakthrough with the film "My daughter Anne Frank" ten years ago, played in numerous television productions from "crime scene" to "Charité" and in movies such as "And tomorrow the whole world" (2020) or "Die Mittagenfrau" (2023). If you haven't heard of her yet, after "Cologne 75" she will no longer forget it!

Germany in the early 1970s: Jazz is actually out, but in Germany it is currently being rediscovered and passionate. Also by Vera Brandes, an 18-year-old dentist. Who prefer to hits the nights around their ears with concerts in smoky bars than to deliver at school. When a British jazz singer suddenly turns her into his tour manager, she found her calling. From now on, Vera Brandes (who really existed and exists and who also worked on the film under director Ido Fliks!). When they are the piano improvisation genius at the jazz days in BerlinKeith Jarrettexperienced live, it has happened to you. From now on she does everything she can to perform him on his European tour in Cologne. In the huge Cologne opera. Because only there is a grand piano that Keith Jarrett demands for his appearances. An insane undertaking, a legendary appearance! Who will go into world history-one of the best-selling jazz albums. A concert that almost didn't take place ...

Mala Emde:There is music that makes rooms disappear, reality reveals us as if our feet are lifting from the earth for a mini second. That may sound strange, but if this music weren't crazy, would it have become such a world success?

M.E.:I locked myself into my studio in Paris; I didn't want to create any disturbances from everyday life and a pure art space. Then I let the piece speak to me. What did it say? Everything that cannot be words, everything that only the silence can say. For example, what you hear when you get goose bumps.

M.E.:I like individual encounters with music, not a specific genre. It's like people. If I like a piece and make one side swing in me, then I like it. That ranges from "Semele" from Handel to Kae Tempests "Cockney-Rap", from Sophie Hunter's ballads to Patti Smith-my heroine.

M.E.:Vera makes things that others think is impossible. This is a superpower that I would like to have.

M.E.:What a nice question. When I'm happy, I dance. When I'm sad, I dance. When I'm a stranger, I dance. When I'm with my best friends, I dance like a fool.

M.E.:I walk through the city like an insane and talk to myself.

M.E.:I love the first spring days when everyone is in love and a shimmering atmosphere is in the air. The thick down jacket is replaced by your favorite jacket, you can sit outside and go to the open -air cinema.

M.E.:In the future! And there my "old I" ask what is important in life. The answer would probably be: defends democracy, it is not perfect, but the best we have. Apply sunscreen, your skin will thank you. And take the time for museums before breakfast, a dance on the carpet, music in the morning, books on the train and films on the big screen.