Run Lola Run
“Lola Rennt” Ein Film von Tom
Tykwer
A presentation by Romy
Hundertausand…zwanzig minuten…
“Jeden Tag, jede
Sekunde triffst Du eine
Entscheidung, die
Dein Leben verändern
kann.”
Every second of every
day, you’re faced with
a decision that can
change your life.
Desperate times…
Lola receives a frantic
call from her boyfriend
Manni. He has
misplaced a large sum
of cash that he was
bringing to his shady
boss, Ronnie. In twenty
minutes, Ronnie is
coming to collect the
money. So, he turns to
Lola for help.
…call for desperate measures.
Lola’s got twenty
minutes to come up
with money for Manni
to give to Ronnie or in
desperation, he’s
going to rob the
supermarket across
the street from the
phone booth he’s in.
Huntertausend
Mark?
In zwanzig minuten?
der Direktor- Tom Tykwer
Last name is pronounced
“Tick-ver”
Born in Wuppertal,
Germany in 1965
Became interested in film
at a very early age,
fascinated by movies such
as “Peter Pan”, Vittorio de
Sica’s “Miracle in Milan”,
as well as “King Kong”.
At the age of 11, he began
to make Super 8 films.
ein Mann mit Weitblick…
Upon graduating from school
and unsuccessful attempts at
getting into film school, Tykwer
moved to Berlin and became a
projectionist.
In 1987, he became the
programmer at the
“Moviemento” theater.
In 1990, he made his first
movie, the short film
“Because”. This was followed
by another short film “Epilog”
in 1992.
In 1994, he made his first
feature film “Deadly Maria”
ein Weitblick …
In 1994, along with Stefan Arndt, Wolfgang Becker, and
Dani Levy, Tykwer formed the X Filme Creative Pool, a
production company.
Their aim was to have complete creative control while
maintaining some form of structure and financial security
Und dann…
…Lola Rennt (1998)
X Filme’s first major international success.
Filmed in Berlin, Tykwer wrote the movie
specifically for Franka Potente with the intention
of casting her as Lola.
1999 was also another big year for “Lola Rennt”. It
won the Independent Spirit Award for Best
Foreign Film. The movie was also nominated for
the British Academy Award and Nation board of
Review, both for Best Foreign Film.
die Filmschauspielerin
Franka Potente
Born on July 22, 1974 in
Munster, Germany, growing
up in nearby Dulmen.
Her father was a
schoolteacher, her mother, a
medical assistant.
Her younger brother was very
sick when he was born.
Jealous of the attention he
received, she often acted like
a clown, arranging
performances to get attention.
“I once calculated that on hard days I
ran up to four kilometers.”
Completed the last year of
high school as an exchange
student in Houston, Texas.
Around this time, she began to
pursue acting. Upon a her
return home, she enrolled at
the Otto Falkenberg School of
Performing Arts in Munich.
She went on to finish her
training at the Lee Strasberg
Theater Institute in New York.
der Schauspieler
Moritz Bleibtreu
Last name means “to remain
faithful”
Born on August, 13, 1971 in
Munich, Germany to Austrian
parents who were also actors.
Started acting at the age of 6
and went on to study acting in
Paris, Rome, and New York.
In 2005, he was listed #2 in
“Bild” magazine list of “50
most beautiful Germans of
today”.
Quotes in the movie
• “Wir lassen nie vom Suchen ab,
und doch, am Ende all unseren Suchens,
sind wir am Ausgangspunkt zurück
und werden diesen Ort zum ersten Mal
erfassen.”
• “We shall not cease from exporation
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started.”
• ~T.S. Eliot’s poem “Little Gidding”
More Quotes..
Es sind die kurzen Augenblicke, die uber leben
oder Tod entscheiden konnen.
The difference between life and death can be
decided ina split second
The German Yogi Berra…
“Nach dem Spiel ist vor dem
Spiel.”
“Der Ball ist rund”, “Das Spiel
dauert neunzig Minuten.”
The above are quotes from
legendary German soccer
coach Joseph “Sepp”
Herberger.
In 1954, he coached the
German team that won the
world championship against
the more favoured Hungarian
team in Switzerland.
Film Locations…Lolas Wohnnung
Die Oberbaumbruke
(Oberbaum bridge)
Friedrichstrasse Bahnhof und
Gendarmenmarkt (Gendarme Market)
Der Bebelplatz-
Site of Nazi book burnings
Das Ende
The End
Works Cited
Wikipedia.org
imdb.com
German.about.com
Tomtykwer.com
Filmbug.co.uk
Germanhollywood.com
Franka-potente.org
Movies.yahoo.com
Run Lola Run the movie
itself
And myself!