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Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)

Lola needs to get 100,000 Deutsche Mark in the next twenty minutes to save her boyfriend from an unpleasant fate. In three separate scenarios, minor differences in circumstance and decision dictate whether or not Lola is successful, and have great bearing on those she encounters.

Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)
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Cast:

Franka Potente
Moritz Bleibtreu
Herbert Knaup

Director:
Tom Tykwer

Producer:
Stefan Arndt

Written by:
Tom Tykwer

Distributor:
Sony Pictures Classics

Budget:
$1.75 million

Box Office:
$14.5 million

Awards:

German Film Awards - German Film of the Year (Won)
Sundance Film Festival - World Cinema (Won)



Metacritic Score:
77%

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
93%

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