Run Lola Run
Director: Tom Tykwer
Germany 1998
81 min.
Director Tom Tykwer
Screenplay Tom Tykwer
Cinematography Frank Griebe
Cast Joachim Król, Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Heino Ferch, Herbert Knaup
Producer Stefan Arndt
Production Company X Filme Creative Pool, in co-production with WDR
Lola's boyfriend Manni is an errand boy for a local criminal, and has been given a simple job to do as a test. He only needs to deliver some smuggled goods and return with the payment, but he accidentally leaves the bag with the money on the subway. He calls Lola in a panic - he must come up with the money within 20 minutes. The film plays out various possible scenarios: Lola dies trying to save her feckless lover from the cops, Lola robs a bank, Lola wins the money gambling.
RUN LOLA RUN won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and several others including a selection as the German entry to the 71st Academy Awards.
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