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Lola rennt

  • Status: Released
  • 20-08-1998
  • Runtime: 81 min
  • Score: 7.292
  • Vote count: 2371

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

Franka Potente

Lola

Moritz Bleibtreu

Manni

Herbert Knaup

Father

Nina Petri

Mrs. Hansen

Armin Rohde

Mr. Schuster

Joachim Król

Norbert von Au

Ludger Pistor

Mr. Meier

Suzanne von Borsody

Ms. Jäger

Sebastian Schipper

Mike

Julia Lindig

Doris

Lars Rudolph

Mr. Kruse

Andreas Petri

Cleaning Person

Klaus Müller

Croupier

Utz Krause

Casino Manager

Beate Finckh

Casino Cashier

Volkhart Buff

Ambulance Driver

Heino Ferch

Ronnie

Ute Lubosch

Mother

Dora Raddy

Old Woman

Monica Bleibtreu

Blind Woman

Peter Pauli

Supermarket Security Guard

Marc Bischoff

Police Officer

Hans Paetsch

Erzähler (voice) (uncredited)

ausher8

Stupid criminal is stupid and expects his girlfriend to bail him out and fix his problems. We watch 3 different scenarios of her running around trying to come up with money. More stupid stuff happens and she screams to try to make things go her way. Yes, literally screams. Ridiculous

CinemaSerf

"Manni" (Moritz Bleibtreu) calls his girlfriend in distress to tell her that he's left DM100,000 on the subway and unless he can repatriate it by noon, he's going to have to rob somewhere else he is toast! What now ensues sees three scenarios play out as "Lola" (Franka Potente) tries to figure out a way to raise this fairly huge sum of cash in the twenty minutes allowed. Her dad is a bank manager - so perhaps he could help (willingly or otherwise)? Maybe she could chance a bet on a roulette wheel? Maybe she could not get there at all and let him do some robbing? What ever happens, she is going to have to do some running and timing is going to be crucial. It's filmed at break neck speed for the most part, with both characters simultaneously trying to find a solution to the predicament - and sometimes that produces some comedy, sometimes some tragedy, some furniture gets a bit trashed, some dirty laundry gets aired and the permutations all provide us with an answer - just maybe not the ideal one, or maybe yes - the ideal one. It's also quite a fun observation on just how frustrating tiny amounts of time can be when you are in a rush. This is well exemplified by the security guard at her dad's bank, but also by the traffic and the pedestrians and other obstructions that a few seconds of patience would easily (and probably just as quickly) overcome. It's quirky this film, it's short and focussed and I did enjoy it.