Film

Director – Tom Tykwer

Writer – Tom Tykwer

Stars – Franka Potente, Mortiz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup

Genere – Crime, Thriller

Language – German

Released – 18 June 1999 (USA)

Age Guidance – R

The film explores the events that fate alone controls and displays the constant “what if’s” that occur every moment and that can easily change the happenings of the next. The film follows the events between a woman, Lola, and her boyfriend, Manni, who she desperately tries to save from death by helping him obtain a huge amount of money he carelessly lost. It takes you on three different journeys with Lola, all controlled by fate, showing you what would happen in each, and all the “what if’s” that provide the foundations for each outcome.

Awards

Bavarian Film Awards (1999) – Best Production

Bogey Awards, Germany (1998)

Brothers Manaki International Film Festival (2000)

Chlotrudis Awards (2000) – Best Cinematography

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (2000) – Best Foreign Language Film

And so many others…

Director

The Director of Run Lola Run was Tom Tykwer. He is a Director, writer, producer and composer who was born in 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany. He showed an interest in film-making from childhood, making super 8 films from the age of 11. Among his first jobs was working at a local art-house cinema. Tykwer eventually relocated to Berlin, first working as a film projectionist and then becoming head of programming at the Movemento Theater.

Tykwer’s friend, the director Rosa Von Praunheim encouraged him to experiment with film-making and the result was the short “Because” (1990). Tykwer’s international breakthrough came in 1998 with “Run Lola Run” (1998), which was a hit with both audiences and critics alike. The film garnered many awards and was the most successful German film of the year.