Run Lola Run (1998) Germany
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Director:Tom Tykwer
Studio:Sony Pictures
Producer:Stefan Arndt
Writer:Tom Tykwer
Rating:4.5
Rated:R
Date Added:2007-03-06
Purchased On:2007-06-03
ASIN:B000021Y77
UPC:0043396040144
Price:$19.94
Awards:Nominated for BAFTA Film Award, Another 26 wins & 14 nominations
Genre:Action & Adventure
Release:1999-12-20
IMDb:0130827
Duration:81
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:AC-3
Languages:German, English, Japanese
Subtitles:English, French
Features:Anamorphic
Full Screen
Subtitled
Tom Tykwer  ...  (Director)
Tom Tykwer  ...  (Writer)
 
Franka Potente  ...  Lola
Moritz Bleibtreu  ...  Manni
Herbert Knaup  ...  Vater
Nina Petri  ...  Jutta Hansen
Armin Rohde  ...  Herr Schuster
Joachim Król  ...  Norbert von Au
Ludger Pistor  ...  Herr Meier
Suzanne von Borsody  ...  Frau Jäger
Sebastian Schipper  ...  Mike
Julia Lindig  ...  Doris
Lars Rudolph  ...  Herr Kruse
Andreas Petri  ...  Sanitäter
Klaus Müller  ...  Croupier
Utz Krause  ...  Casino-Manager
Beate Finckh  ...  Casino-Kassiererin
Volkhard Buff  ...  
Heino Ferch  ...  Ronnie
Ute Lubosch  ...  
Dora Raddy  ...  
Monica Bleibtreu  ...  
Summary: It's difficult to create a film that's fast paced, exciting, and aesthetically appealing without diluting its dialogue. Run Lola Run, directed and written by Tom Tykwer, is an enchanting balance of pace and narrative, creating a universal parable that leaps over cultural barriers. This is the story of young Lola (Franka Potente) and her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu). In the space of 20 minutes, they must come up with 100,000 deutsche marks to pay back a seedy gangster, who will be less than forgiving when he finds out that Manni incompetently lost his cash to an opportunistic vagrant. Lola, confronted with one obstacle after another, rides an emotional roller coaster in her high-speed efforts to help the hapless Manni--attempting to extract the cash first from her double-dealing father (appropriately a bank manager), and then by any means necessary. From this point nothing goes right for either protagonist, but just when you think you've figured out the movie, the director introduces a series of brilliant existential twists that boggle the mind. Tykwer uses rapid camera movements and innovative pauses to explore the theme of cause and effect. Accompanied by a pulse-pounding soundtrack, we follow Lola through every turn and every heartbreak as she and Manni rush forward on a collision course with fate. There were a variety of original and intelligent films released in 1999, but perhaps none were as witty and clever as this little gem--one of the best foreign films of the year. --Jeremy Storey