Alaaf - 200 Jahre Kölner Karneval (movie)
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Lutz Heineking , Dirk Kämper , Wilm Huygen
- Production companies: ARD
- Genre: Documentary, Drama
- Release date: 2/10/2023
- Run time: 90 min.
Movie description
200 years of Cologne Carnival! The most colourful and loudest festival in Cologne celebrates a big birthday. In February 1823, a few men from Cologne's upper class founded the so-called 'Festordnende Komitee' - the forerunner of today's 'Festkomitee Kölner Karneval'. This 'big bang' was a reaction to the old festival getting out of hand in orgies and violence. Carnival was in danger. A ban by the Prussian rulers was imminent. The new committee wanted to control the wild goings-on, establish rules and organise the celebrations.
