Rammstein in Amerika

Rammstein in Amerika combines a full concert film with a documentary tracing the German band's long and difficult relationship with the United States. The centrepiece is their sold-out December 2010 show at Madison Square Garden in New York, their first American performance in roughly a decade, presented in high definition and 5.1 surround sound. Around it, the documentary follows the group from the Baltic coast of East Germany in the summer of 1988 through their slow, sometimes painful attempt to win over American audiences, their withdrawal from the country after the events of 11 September 2001, and their eventual return to a packed arena in New York. The band opened its archive for the project, supplying extensive film and photographic material that had not been seen before, and members speak in interviews recorded at various points in their history about what they experienced across the Atlantic.

Hannes Rossacher directed, placing the film between Così fan tutte (2013) and Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time (2024) in his filmography. All six members of Rammstein appear as themselves: Till Lindemann, Richard Kruspe, Paul Landers, Oliver Riedel, Christoph Schneider and Christian Lorenz, with thirty people credited in total. The film runs 143 minutes and was released on 25 September 2015. On IMDb it holds 8.1 out of 10 from around 1,700 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 8 out of 10 from 57 votes, indicating a strong response from those who sought it out.