Run Lola Run

Berlin sprint film

Run Lola Run is a 1998 German film in which a woman has twenty minutes to obtain money and save her boyfriend's life.

The film replays this scenario three times with different outcomes based on small variations, exploring themes of chance, fate, and the butterfly effect.

Its frenetic pacing, techno soundtrack, and visual experimentation made it an international art-house hit.

The German title is Lola rennt.

Related

techno · red · hair · sprinting · red hair · German · German cinema · clock · bag · money · plastic bag · hundred thousand · spiral · staircase · fate · heartbeat · animation · split screen

Categories
Opposites
narrative structure

Run Lola RunTwelve Angry Men

Courtroom deliberation story

Forrest Gump · The Shawshank Redemption · Before Sunrise

philosophical approach to fate

Run Lola Runfatalism

Doctrine of inevitable outcomes

Greek tragedy · Oedipus Rex · predestination · inevitability · Final Destination

filmmaking style

Run Lola RunBirdman

Winged person figure

Victoria

Family

run, runs, running, runner, runners, runny, overrun, rerun, reruns

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG