Who is Sibylle Baier?

The mystery around the reclusive German folk singer explained

There’s a striking scene towards the end of Wim Wenders’ 1974 film Alice in the Cities. It shows a young woman singing on a ferry.

This character doesn’t appear in any other scenes of that movie, and she doesn’t speak a word, she just sings a song, for no one in particular it seems, and for less than a minute.

First we’re hearing her gorgeous alto voice i…