Run Lola Run

Lola rennt (1998)

Timing: 1:20 (80 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

1998-08-20

Country

Germany

Production

X Filme Creative Pool, WDR

Genre

Action, Drama, Thriller

Budget

$3 500 000

Revenue

$7 267 585

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Director

Tom Tykwer

Actors

Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król, Ludger Pistor, Suzanne von Borsody, Sebastian Schipper, Julia Lindig
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Stefan Arndt, Andreas Schreitmüller, Gebhard Henke, Maria Köpf

Operator

Frank Griebe

Composer

Tom Tykwer

Artist

Audition

An Dorthe Braker

Editing

Mathilde Bonnefoy
All team (36)

• Tom Tykwer was annoyed by the blank wall, and he asked production designer Alexander Mannes to paint a portrait of actress Kim Novak as she appeared in Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'. But, unfortunately, Alexander couldn't remember what Kim looked like, so Tykwer suggested portraying her from the back. The painting was completed in 15 minutes.
• Franke Potente had to refrain from washing her hair for seven weeks. This was because the red dye in her hair was too sensitive to water.
• The two phrases at the very beginning of the film ('The ball is round' and 'The game lasts 90 minutes') actually belong to the legendary German football coach Sepp Herberger.
• The woman from whom Manny borrows the phone card is actually the mother of Moritz Bleibtroj – Monika Bleibtroj.
• When Lola plays roulette, the number 20 comes up. In fact, the film crew had no intention of rigging the outcome, but 20 came up during one of the first attempts.
• The film opens with the voice of narrator Hans Peter Tschiedel. He is the most popular storyteller in Germany. Every German who listened to fairy tale records as a child recognizes his unique voice.
• The glass clocks in the bank were smashed by a small pebble fired from an air rifle.
• It took five whole weeks to convince the management of the Berlin supermarket to allow them to film a robbery scene inside.
• Tom Tykwer was bothered by the blank wall and asked production designer Alexander Männes to paint a portrait of actress Kim Novak as she appeared in Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'. Unfortunately, Alexander didn't remember what Kim looked like, so Tykwer suggested depicting her from the back. The painting was completed in 15 minutes.
• Franke Potente had to go seven weeks without washing her hair. The reason was that the red dye in her hair was too sensitive to water.
• The two phrases at the very beginning of the film (“The ball is round” and “The game lasts 90 minutes”) actually belong to the legendary German football coach Sepp Herberger.
• The woman from whom Manny borrows a phone card is actually the mother of Moritz Bleibtreu – Monika Bleibtreu.
• When Lola plays roulette, she gets the number 20. In fact, the film crew did not intend to arrange this outcome, but 20 came up during one of the first attempts.
• The film opens with the voice of narrator Hans Petzsch. He is the most popular fairy tale narrator in Germany. Every German who listened to fairy tale records as a child recognizes his unique voice.
• The glass clocks in the bank were broken by a small pebble fired from an air rifle.
• It took a full five weeks to convince the management of the Berlin supermarket to allow a robbery scene to be filmed there.