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The true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organize the greatest solo concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.


“All those years, all those dreams, all those sons... one of them is going to be a star.”
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.

Ron Thompson
Tony Belinksy / Pete Belinksy (voice)

Lisa Jane Persky
Bella (voice)
Jeffrey Lippa
Zalmie Belinksy (voice)

Frank De Kova
Crisco (voice)

Roz Kelly
Eva Tanguay (voice)

Mews Small
Frankie (as Marya Small)

Elsa Raven
Hannele (voice)

Vincent Schiavelli
Theatre Owner (voice)

Richard Moll
Beat Poet (voice)

Lynda Wiesmeier
The Blonde (voice)
American Pop is a animation, music, drama, history film released in 1981 exploring themes of jazz, pop, czar / tsar / tzar, mafia boss, folk music, music business. Directed by Ralph Bakshi, it stars Ron Thompson, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa. The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
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