Desc: Die Nacht der Ohnmacht - Wie Köln an Silvester außer Kontrolle geriet: Directed by Markus Brauckmann, Christian Wiermer. NYE 2015 in Cologne. For ten hours, the central square of a German city of millions is a lawless space, where the state loses control - and leaves its citizens behind. It is the night that deeply shakes the citizens' trust in their state.