Lola Rennt synopsis*
Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time courier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only 20 minutes to deliver the 100,000 Marks to his unforgiving boss. Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death. As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life altering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur. One story told from three different perspectives, Lola Rennt is a veritable maze of intriguing plot twists and heart-stopping suspense in a high-octane thrill ride about one woman’s desperate attempt to save her lover.
*© 1998 Sony Pictures Classic.
For a more detailed description of the story (containing spoilers), you can read the English Lola Rennt Wikipedia entry or the German Lola Rennt Wikipedia entry.
Cast
- Franka Potente as Lola
- Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni (Instagram)
- Herbert Knaup as Papa (Instagram)
- Nina Petri as Frau Hansen (Papa’s mistress) (Instagram)
- Armin Rohde as Herr Schuster (The bank security guard) (Instagram)
- Joachim Król as Norbert von Au (The streetbum) (Instagram)
- Ludger Pistor as Herr Meier
- Suzanne von Borsody as Frau Jäger (Female bank clerk)
- Sebastian Schipper as Mike (The cyclist)
- Julia Lindig as Doris (The lady with the pram) (Instagram)
- Lars Rudolph as Herr Kruse (Male bank clerk) (Instagram)
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Awards
1998 Bambi Award (Germany) – Film – National – Franka Potente
1999 Bavarian Film Award – Best Production
1998 Bogey Award (Germany)
2000 Brothers Manaki International Film Festival – Special Jury Award – Frank Griebe (Cinematographer)
2000 Chlotrudis Award – Frank Griebe (Cinematographer)
2000 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award – Best Foreign Film
1999 Ernst Lubitsch Award – Tom Tykwer (Director)
2000 Florida Film Critics Circle Award – Best Foreign Film
1999 German Film Awards – Audience Award – German Film of the Year
1999 German Film Awards – Film Award in Gold
- Outstanding Feature Film
- Outstanding Individual Achievement: Frank Griebe (Cinematography)
- Outstanding Individual Achievement: Tom Tykwer (Direction)
- Outstanding Individual Achievement: Mathilde Bonnefoy (Editing)
- Outstanding Individual Achievement: Herbert Knaup (Supporting Actor)
- Outstanding Individual Achievement: Nina Petri (Supporting Actress)
1999 German Film Critics Award – Tom Tykwer, Best Film,
1999 Golden Trailer Award – Most Original1999 Guild of German Art House Cinemas – Guild Film Award – Gold German Film Tom Tykwer
2000 Independent Spirit Award – Tom Tykwer, Best Foreign Film
1999 International Biennal for Film Music – Special Prize of the German Phono Academy – Franka Potente & Thomas D
2000 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award – Best Foreign Language Film
2000 Online Film Critics Society Award – Best Foreign Language Film & Mathilde Bonnefoy (Best Film Editing)
2000 Southeastern Film Critics Association Award – Best Foreign Language Film
1999 Sundance Film Festival – Audience Award – Tom Tykwer (World Cinema)