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Schwabe, O., 2026 Doro Pesch.
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In the film series Music Matters: Soundtrack Germany in the Films of Oliver Schwabe, the Goethe-Institut Düsseldorf in cooperation with the Düsseldorf Central Library presents the documentary film
DORO - THE QUEEN OF METAL
(D 2021, director: Oliver Schwabe, 60 min.) followed by a discussion with Doro Pesch and Oliver Schwabe,
Moderated by Sven-André Dreyer
on Wednesday, 28.01.2026 at 6.30 pm in the "Herzkammer" room of the Central Library, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1.
Admission is free, seating is limited!
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When heavy metal rocked its way out of the underground and into the charts in the early 1980s, gender roles were clearly divided: Long-haired boys on and in front of the stages raised their fists in the air, while female metal fans looked on from the sidelines. Only a few women dare to step into the spotlight to play hard guitar riffs.
Doro Pesch, the singer from Düsseldorf, has been an exception in the male-dominated world of heavy metal ever since. She had great success with her band Warlock, wrote songs with Lemmy from Motörhead, sang a duet with Klaus Meine from the Scorpions and paved the way into the international heavy metal scene for bands from the region such as Blind Guardian. Doro herself regularly rocks the Wacken Festival in front of 80,000 fans.
Doro Pesch has received gold and platinum awards for over 10 million records sold in her career - Oliver Schwabe shows in his film how approachable and down-to-earth she has nevertheless remained.
With Doro Pesch, Klaus Meine (Scorpions), André Olbrich and Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and boxing world champion Regina Halmich.
"Schwabe's films tell far more often and more about the
and circumstances of making music than about the musicians themselves.
That's what makes the films so convincingly likeable" (taz)
Contact person:
Frank Baumann, Director of the Institute
Goethe-Institut Düsseldorf
Immermannstr. 65 B
40210 Düsseldorf