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Run Lola Run

Lola rennt

1998
Germany
feature film - Action
81 min. (2173 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

Lolas three butterfly effect runs through Berln to bring money to her boy friend in time.

Cast

Actor/-ess: Franka Potente (Lola); Moritz Bleibtreu (Manni); Herbert Knaup (Lolas Father); Nina Petri (Frau Hansen); Armin Rohde (Guard Schuster); Joachim Król (Norbert von Au); Ludger Pistor (Herr Meier); Suzanne von Borsody (Frau Jäger); Sebastian Schipper (Mike); Julia Lindig (Doris); Lars Rudolph (Cashier Kruse); Andreas Petri (Cleaner); Heino Ferch (Ronnie); Monica Bleibtreu (Blind person); Ute Lubosch (Mother); Klaus Müller (Croupier); Utz Krause (Casino-Manager); Beate Finckh (Cashier Casino); Volkhart Buff (Ambulance driver); Dora Raddy (Old woman); Peter Pauli (Supermarkt guard); Marc Bischoff (Police)

Voice: Hans Paetsch

Direction

Director: Tom Tykwer

Assistant director: Sebastian Fahr

Writing

Screenplay: Tom Tykwer; Sabine Zimmer

Script supervisor: Sabine Zimmer

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Frank Griebe; George Maihöfer (Supervision)

Assistant camera / focus puller: Jan Hartmann

2nd Camera unit: Jan Hartmann; Marc Kubik; Susanna Salonen; Jan Hoffmann (Helicopter camera)

Steadicam: Sebastian Meuschel; Klaus Liebertz; Christof Wahl; Tilman Büttner

Optical effects: Klaus-Peter Schultze; Norbert Keil; Thomas Tannenberger (Supervision)

Decor

Production design: Alexander Manasse

Set design: Alexander Manasse

Set construction: Attila Saygel

Title: Thomas Wilk

Make-up artist: Margrit Neufink; Jekaterina Oertel

Costume design: Monika Jacobs

Wardrobe: Ingrid Buhrmann

Hairdresser: Christa Krista (Franka Potente)

Animation: Gil Alkabetz; Ralf Bohde

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Mathilde Bonnefoy

Assistant editor: Johannes Weuthen; Anne Fabini

Sound editor: Markus Münz

Sound: Frank Behnke

Sound assistant: Nanett Creutzburg

Sound design: Dirk Jacob

Foley artist: Joern Poetzl

Audio mixing: Matthias Lempert

Special effects: Gerhard Voll; Roland Tropp

Sound-Supervision: Marita Strotkötter

Synchronic-Sound: Günter Friedhoff (Dialogue-Recording); Normann Büttner (Noise-Recording)

Music

Music: Tom Tykwer; Johnny Klimek; Reinhold Heil

Music editing: Klaus Frers (Music-Supervision); Stefan Broedner (Music-Supervision)

Production

Producer: Stefan Arndt

Editorial department: Gebhard Henke; Andreas Schreitmüller

Line producer: Maria Köpf

Unit production manager: Ralph Brosche; Natalie Clausen (Set); Mario Striehn (Set)

Location manager: René Löw

Pre-Production: Ralph Remstedt; Katrin Rohm

Miscellaneous

Thanks: Wolfgang Becker; Liane Jessen; Undine Zamani

Companies

Production company: X Filme Creative Pool GmbH

in Co-Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Filminfos

shooting period: 6/18/1997 – 8/4/1997

premiere: 8/15/1998 – Schokoladenmuseum, Cologne, Germany

Format: 35mm; 1,85:1; Black and White; Eastmancolor; Dolby Digital

language: german | english | japanese

Film Infos: IMdB; filmportal; wikipedia

Connected Films

features in: Eye to Eye: All About German Film... (Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte) [2008]

Shooting Locations see on map

Location shooting: Tauroggener- corner Osnabrückerstraße (the supermarket); Berliner Straße 113 (Lola Scooter gets stolen); Westhafen Exit (Mannis drug trade); U-Bahn Deutsche Oper (Manni loses the money); subway station Alexanderplatz (Norbert von Au leaves the subway); Albrechtstraße 13 (Lolas flat); (first street Lola runs down); Gormann- corner Linienstraße (meet Doris); San Remo Upflamör Cafe (way to Oberbaum bridge); Oberbaum bridge; Subway station Stadtmitte; Mauerstrasse (meeting Mike & nuns); Marschallbrücke; Wallstreet Park Plaza (Meiers car crash); (Lola meets Norbert von Au); Hotel de Rome (the bank (outside)); Haus Cumberland (Die Bank (inside)); Bonobo (Bank employee car crash); Böcklerpark (Bank employee in a wheel chair); (Lola continues after Bank); (Lola corners); Gendarmenmarkt; Greifenhagener- corner Buchholzer Straße (ambulance scene); Liesenbrücken (Lola runs under the bridge); Schlesische- corner Cuvrystraße (Lola gets shot); (Bank employee falls in love); Bebelplatz (police surrounds bank); Behrens- corner Markgrafenstraße (Lola runs after bank robbery); Berliner Dom (Doris finds god); U2-Bahnausgang Kleiststraße (running next to the subway); Wilmi 107a Imbiss (takeaway); Max-Urich- corner Hussitenstraße (Meiers final car crash); Karl-Marx-Allee (Lola runs here); (Lola runs in front of a truck); crown prince palais (casino (outside)); Schöneberg City Hall (casino (inside)); Feldstraße (Manni catches Norbert von Au)