“Lola Rennt” Ein Film von Tom Tykwer A presentation by Romy 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!