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{{short description|1998 film by Tom Tykwer}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Run Lola Run
| image = Lola Rennt poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Tom Tykwer]]
| producer = [[Stefan Arndt]]
| writer = Tom Tykwer
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Franka Potente]]
* [[Moritz Bleibtreu]]
* [[Herbert Knaup]]
* [[Nina Petri]]
* [[Joachim Król]]
* [[Armin Rohde]]
* [[Heino Ferch]]
* [[Suzanne von Borsody]]
* [[Sebastian Schipper]]
}}
| narrator = [[Hans Paetsch]]
| music = {{Plainlist|
* Tom Tykwer
* [[Johnny Klimek]]
* [[Reinhold Heil]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Frank Griebe]]
| editing = [[Mathilde Bonnefoy]]
| distributor = Prokino Filmverleih
| released = {{Film date|1998|08|20|df=y}}
| runtime = 80 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 80:02--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/run-lola-run-lola-rennt-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtc5ntc | title=''Run Lola Run'' (15) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=21 June 1999 | access-date=8 November 2016 | archive-date=7 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207182531/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/run-lola-run-lola-rennt-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtc5ntc | url-status=live }}</ref>
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget = $1.75 million<ref name=thenumbers>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Run-Lola-Run|title=Run Lola Run|publisher=The Numbers|access-date=14 June 2024|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042554/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Run-Lola-Run|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross = $23.7 million<ref name=thenumbers/>
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[X-Filme Creative Pool]]
* [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]]
* [[Arte]]
}}
}}
'''''Run Lola Run''''' ({{langx|de|Lola rennt}}, {{lit|Lola Runs}}) is a 1998 German [[experimental film|experimental]] [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Tom Tykwer]].  The story follows a woman named Lola ([[Franka Potente]]) who needs to obtain 100,000 [[Deutsche Mark]] in twenty minutes to save the life of her boyfriend Manni ([[Moritz Bleibtreu]]).

''Run Lola Run'' screened at the [[Venice Film Festival]], where it competed for the [[Golden Lion]].<ref name=":0" /> Following its release, the film received critical acclaim and several accolades, including the Audience Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], Best Film at the [[Seattle International Film Festival]], and seven awards at the [[German Film Awards]]. It was also selected as the German entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[71st Academy Awards]], though it was not ultimately nominated.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="71stSubmissions" />

==Plot==
[[Image:Run Lola Run apartment.jpg|thumb|The house in Albrechtstraße (Berlin-[[Mitte]]) where the three episodes begin]]
Manni, a [[bagman]] responsible for delivering 100,000 [[Deutsche Mark]], <!-- This article is in English, not German. Mark is not capitalized and its plural is marks. --> frantically calls his girlfriend Lola. Manni says that he was riding the [[Berlin U-Bahn|U-Bahn]] to drop off the money and fled upon seeing ticket inspectors, before realizing that he had left the money bag behind; he saw a homeless man examining it as the train pulled away. Manni's boss Ronnie will kill him in 20 minutes unless he has the money, so he is preparing to rob a nearby supermarket to replace the funds. Lola implores Manni to wait for her and decides to ask her father, a bank manager, for help.

Lola hangs up and runs down the staircase of her apartment building past a man with a dog. At the bank, her father is conversing with his mistress, who discloses her pregnancy. When Lola arrives, her conversation with her father turns into an argument. He tells her that he is leaving her mother and that Lola is not his biological daughter. Lola runs to meet Manni but arrives too late and sees him entering the supermarket with a gun. She helps him steal 100,000 marks but on leaving, they find the place surrounded by police. Surrendering, Manni throws the money bag into the air, which startles a police officer who accidentally shoots Lola dead.

Events restart from the moment Lola leaves the house. This time, the man with the dog deliberately trips her, and she runs with a limp and arrives late to the bank, allowing her father's mistress to add that he is not the father of her unborn child. A furious Lola overhears the conversation, grabs a security guard's gun, holds her father hostage and robs the bank of 100,000 marks. When police mistake her for a bystander, she is able to leave and meet with Manni in time and stop him from robbing a supermarket, but a speeding ambulance that Lola had distracted moments earlier fatally runs him over.

Events begin again. Lola leaps over the man and his dog, arriving at the bank earlier but not triggering an auto accident as she did the first two times. Consequently, her father's customer arrives before her and leaves with her father. Lola now wanders aimlessly before entering a [[casino]], where she hands over all her cash and plays [[roulette]] with a 100-mark chip. She bets it on the number 20, which wins. Roulette pays 35 to 1, so she wins 3,500 more marks, which she immediately adds to her original chip on 20. She now shrilly screams, and 20 comes up again. She leaves with a bag containing 129,600 marks and runs to Manni's rendezvous. Manni spots the homeless man from the underground train passing by on a bicycle with the money bag. Manni steals back the bag at gunpoint, exchanging his gun. A dishevelled and perspiring Lola arrives to witness Manni handing over the money to Ronnie. As the pair walk along, Manni casually asks Lola about her bag.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Franka Potente]] as Lola
* [[Moritz Bleibtreu]] as Manni
* [[Herbert Knaup]] as Lola's dad
* [[Nina Petri]] as Frau Hansen
* [[Armin Rohde]] as Herr Schuster
* [[Joachim Król]] as Norbert von Au
* [[Ludger Pistor]] as Herr Meyer
* [[Suzanne von Borsody]] as Frau Jäger
* [[Sebastian Schipper]] as Mike
* Julia Lindig as Doris
* [[Lars Rudolph]] as Herr Kruse
* Ute Lubosch as Mama
* [[Monica Bleibtreu]] as the blind woman
* [[Heino Ferch]] as Ronnie
* [[Hans Paetsch]] as Narrator
}}

==Themes==
The film touches on themes such as [[free will]] vs. [[determinism]], the role of [[randomness|chance]] in people's destiny, and obscure cause-effect relationships. Through brief [[flashforward|flash-forward]] sequences of still images, Lola's fleeting interactions with bystanders are revealed to have surprising and drastic effects on their future lives, serving as concise illustrations of [[chaos theory]]'s [[butterfly effect]], in which minor, seemingly inconsequential variations in any interaction can blossom into much broader results than is often recognized. The film's exploration of the relationship between chance and conscious intention comes to the foreground in the casino scene, where Lola appears to defy the laws of chance through sheer force of will, improbably making the roulette ball land on her winning number with the help of a glass-shattering scream.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slamdunkstudios.webs.com/apps/blog/show/22844572-run-lola-run-film-essay|title=Run Lola Run (film essay)|first=Duncan|last=Hubber|publisher=Slam Dunk Studios|date=13 May 2010|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=3 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803033637/http://slamdunkstudios.webs.com/apps/blog/show/22844572-run-lola-run-film-essay|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenprism.com/insights/article/how-does-run-lola-run-demonstrate-chaos-theorys-butterfly-effect|title=How does "Run Lola Run" demonstrate chaos theory's butterfly effect?|first=Jeff|last=Saporito|publisher=Screen Prism|date=8 June 2015|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701112400/http://screenprism.com/insights/article/how-does-run-lola-run-demonstrate-chaos-theorys-butterfly-effect|url-status=live}}</ref>

The thematic exploration of free will vs. determinism is made clear from the start. In the film's brief prologue, an unseen narrator asks a series of rhetorical questions that prime the audience to view the film through a metaphysical lens touching on traditional philosophical questions involving determinism vs. [[Libertarianism (metaphysics)|philosophic libertarianism]] as well as [[epistemology]]. The theme is reinforced through the repeated appearance of a blind woman who briefly interacts with Manni in each alternative reality, and seems to have supernatural understandings of both the present and potential futures in those realities. The film ultimately seems to favor a [[compatibilism|compatibilist]] philosophical view to the free will question as evidenced by the casino scene and by the final telephone booth scene in which the blind woman redirects Manni's attention to a passerby, which enables him to make an important choice near the film's climax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infolab.stanford.edu/~prasanna/dmc/chance.html#runlolarun|title=Chance, chaos and coincidence|first=Prasanna|last=Ganesan|publisher=Stanford University|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414144514/http://infolab.stanford.edu/~prasanna/dmc/chance.html#runlolarun|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several moments in the film allude to a supernatural awareness of the characters. For example, in the first reality, Manni shows a nervous Lola how to use a gun by removing the safety, while in the second timeline she removes the safety as though she remembers what to do. This suggests that she might have the memory of the events depicted in the previous timeline. Also, the bank's guard says to Lola "you finally came" in the third timeline, as if he remembered Lola's appearances in the previous two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reviewessays.com/English/Run-Lola-Run/54320.html|title=Run Lola Run|publisher=Review Essays|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624204023/https://www.reviewessays.com/English/Run-Lola-Run/54320.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://joshepq.blogspot.com/2012/12/summary-run-lola-run-lola-rrent.html|title=Summary — Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)|first=Joshua|last=Milton|date=6 December 2012|access-date=12 June 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012144028/http://joshepq.blogspot.com/2012/12/summary-run-lola-run-lola-rrent.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The theme of desire is expressed through the film as a driving force for Lola's actions. In Ingebord Majer O'Sickey's essay "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets (Or Does She?): Time and Desire in Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run" she argues that "what Lola really wants is to get into time sync with Manni in sexual terms". The conflict in the plot is driven by the initial phone conversation following Lola being late, leading to their timing to be out of sync. After the end of the first "episode", the bedside questioning by Lola reveals her dissatisfaction with the relationship, leading Manni to ask "Do you want to leave me?". O'Sickey makes the argument that each repeated return to the day is driven by Lola's continual attempt to adjust Manni's timing. The entirety of the film portrays Lola as "postmodern heroine who could leap over traditional time-constraints" giving the expectation that she ultimately would get what she wants. By the third arrival in the film, O'Sickey argues that "Lola not only loses her super heroine status, but her desire to desire". She claims the ending portrays "the tradition of classical Hollywood cinema's economy of desire". With Manni having reacquired the money, Lola's desire to be "in sync" disappears as she watches Manni's "metamorphosis from a bungling and fairly ineffective lover to a man in control of the situation". O'Sickey makes the claim that this deflates Lola's heroine status in the final act.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/10509200214827|title=Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets (Or Does She?): Time and Desire in Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run|first=Ingeborg|last=O'Sickey|journal=Quarterly Review of Film and Video|date=27 October 2010|volume=19|issue=2|pages=123–131|doi=10.1080/10509200214827|s2cid=192177461|access-date=25 April 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Production==
===Soundtrack===
The soundtrack, by Tykwer, [[Johnny Klimek]], and [[Reinhold Heil]], includes numerous musical quotations of the sustained string chords of ''[[The Unanswered Question]]'', an early 20th-century [[chamber music|chamber]] ensemble work by American composer [[Charles Ives]]. In the original work, the chords are meant to represent "the Silences of the [[Druid]]s—who Know, See and Hear Nothing".

The techno soundtrack established ''[[dialectical]] relation'' between motifs of the movie: ''Rhythm'', ''Repetition'', and ''Interval'' among various spatio-temporal logics. This produces unification of contradictions like ''Time and Space'' or ''The cyclical and the linear''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=T7Ofq366vYUC&dq=Puzzle%20films%3A%20complex%20storytelling%20in%20contemporary%20cinema&pg=PP1 Puzzle films: complex storytelling in contemporary cinema], by Warren Buckland, [[Wiley-Blackwell]], 2009, pages 137–138</ref>

===Filming locations===

''Run Lola Run'' was filmed in and around [[Berlin|Berlin, Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Lola Rennt / Run Lola Run - Filming Locations'|url=https://lolarennt.eu/|website=English language|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref>

==Reception==
=== Critical reception ===
[[File:Supermarkt aus dem Film "Lola rennt".png|thumb|A former {{ill|Bolle (supermarket)|de|Bolle (Supermarkt)|lt=Bolle}} supermarket (now an [[Edeka|EDEKA aktiv markt]]) in Berlin-[[Charlottenburg]], which served as the filming location for Manni's and Lola's robbery.]]

In contrasting reviews at the time of the film's release, ''[[Film Threat]]''{{'}}s [[Chris Gore]] said of the film, "[It] delivers everything great foreign films should—action, sex, compelling characters, clever filmmaking, it's unpretentious (a requirement for me) and it has a story you can follow without having to read those annoying subtitles. I can't rave about this film enough—this is passionate filmmaking at its best. One of the best foreign films, heck, one of the best films I have seen", while [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]] of ''[[The Chicago Reader]]'' stated, "About as entertaining as a no-brainer can be—a lot more fun, for my money, than a cornball theme-park ride like ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'', and every bit as fast moving. But don't expect much of an aftertaste."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=639|title=RUN LOLA RUN|last=Gore|first=Chris|date=28 June 1999|publisher=[[Film Threat]]|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-date=3 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303235727/http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=639|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/17732_RUN_LOLA_RUN_LOLA_RENNT.html|title=Run Lola Run: Capsule by Jonathan Rosenbaum|work=[[Chicago Reader]]|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-date=4 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304025714/http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/17732_RUN_LOLA_RUN_LOLA_RENNT.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{As of|2024|10}}, the [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 94% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 93 reviews, with an average rating of 7.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "More fun than a barrel of Jean-Paul Sartre, pic's energy riffs on an engaging love story and really human performances while offering a series of what-ifs and a blood-stirring soundtrack."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_lola_run/|title=Run Lola Run|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=26 February 2025|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120121008/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/run_lola_run|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 29 reviews, stating the film as having "generally favourable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/runlolarun|title=Run Lola Run (1999): Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=21 September 2008|archive-date=6 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706022811/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/runlolarun|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film was the highest-grossing German film released in 1998 with a gross of $13.8 million.<ref>{{cite book |editor=[[Peter Cowie]] |date=1999 |title=The Variety Almanac 1999|publisher=[[Boxtree Ltd]] |page=50 |isbn=0-7522-2454-9}}</ref> It grossed $8.1 million in the United States and Canada and $23.7 million worldwide.<ref name=thenumbers/>

=== Accolades ===
The film was nominated for dozens of awards, including the [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language]]. It won several, including the Audience Award at the 1999 [[Sundance Film Festival]], Best Film at the [[Seattle International Film Festival]], and seven separate awards at the [[German Film Awards]]. ''Lola Rennt'' was ranked number 86 in ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010. It was also nominated for the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[55th Venice International Film Festival]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/awards.php?award_id=venice&year=1998|title=55th Venice Film Festival 1998 - FilmAffinity|website=FilmAffinity|access-date=28 October 2017|archive-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201656/https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/awards.php?award_id=venice&year=1998|url-status=live}}</ref> and a [[European Film Awards|European Film Award]] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/1998.96.0.html|title=European Film Academy : 1998|website=www.europeanfilmacademy.org|language=de|access-date=28 October 2017|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502131133/https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/1998.96.0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Run Lola Run'' was selected as the German entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[71st Academy Awards]], but not ultimately nominated.<ref name=":1">Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref><ref name="71stSubmissions">{{cite web |title=45 Countries Submit Films for Oscar Consideration |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |date=19 November 1998 |url=http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/98.11.19.html |access-date=20 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990219094343/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/98.11.19.html |archive-date=19 February 1999 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on [[DVD]] on 21 December 1999 and on [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] on 19 February 2008.

==Influence==

=== Allusions to earlier films ===
The film has drawn numerous comparisons to [[Poland|Polish]] director [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]]'s ''[[Blind Chance]]'' (1982), which also features three scenarios, the outcome of which depends on split-second timing.<ref name="D'Angelo">{{cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Mike |date=September 6, 2015 |title=It's like Sliding Doors, only political and made by the director of ''Three Colors'' |url=https://www.avclub.com/it-s-like-sliding-doors-only-political-and-made-by-the-1798184878 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108091101/https://film.avclub.com/it-s-like-sliding-doors-only-political-and-made-by-the-1798184878 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref><ref name="Lim">{{cite web |last=Lim |first=Dennis |date=September 21, 2015 |title=''Blind Chance'': The Conditional Mood |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3706-blind-chance-the-conditional-mood |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418105120/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3706-blind-chance-the-conditional-mood |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=20 March 2021 |website=The Criterion Collection}}</ref><ref name="Ng">{{cite journal |last=Ng |first=Yvonne |date=Fall 2005 |title=Fate and Choice in Kieślowski's ''Blind Chance'' |url=https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/kinema/article/view/1088/1266 |url-status=live |journal=[[University of Waterloo]] |doi=10.15353/kinema.vi.1088 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831162909/https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/kinema/article/view/1088/1266 |archive-date=31 August 2021 |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="Woodward_2009">{{cite book |title=After Kieślowski |date=2009 |publisher=[[Wayne State University Press]] |isbn=978-0-81433326-6 |editor-last=Woodward |editor-first=Steven |edition=illustrated |series=Contemporary Film and Television Series - Contemporary approaches to film and television series |page=113 |chapter=7. Just Gaming? Kieślowski's ''Blind Chance'', Tykwer's ''Run Lola Run'', and a note on ''Heaven'' |access-date=2022-06-03 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ia_037H9_cC&pg=PA113 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408111010/https://books.google.com/books?id=2ia_037H9_cC&pg=PA113 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |url-status=live}} (247 pages)</ref> After Kieślowski's death, Tykwer went on to direct his planned next film, ''[[Heaven (2002 film)|Heaven]]''.

''Run Lola Run'' features two allusions to [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s film ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]''. Like that film, it features recurring images of [[spiral]]s, such as the Spirale bar behind Manni's phone box, the spiral staircase Lola runs down, and the spirals on the bedsheet. In addition, the painting on the back wall of the casino of a woman's head seen from behind is based on a shot in ''Vertigo'': Tykwer disliked the empty space on the wall behind the roulette table and commissioned production designer Alexander Manasse to paint a picture of [[Kim Novak]] as she appeared in ''Vertigo''. Manasse could not remember what she looked like in the film; therefore, he decided to paint the famous shot of the back of her head. The painting took fifteen minutes to complete.<ref>Tom Tykwer, commentary on the DVD edition of the film.</ref> The bed sheets in the red scenes also feature spiral designs which add to the allusion.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lewy |first=Jessica |date=4 February 2015 |title=Run Lola Run and Vertigo |url=https://sites.lafayette.edu/fams202-sp15/2015/02/04/run-lola-run-and-vertigo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619063204/http://sites.lafayette.edu/fams202-sp15/2015/02/04/run-lola-run-and-vertigo/ |archive-date=19 June 2016 |access-date=12 June 2016 |publisher=Lafayette College}}</ref>

The Lola character is often compared to the [[Lara Croft]] character of the video game franchise ''[[Tomb Raider]]''.<ref name="Mann">{{cite web |author-last=Mann |author-first=Douglas |date=2022-06-03 |title=Play Lara Play, Run Lola Run: Reflections on Postmodern Comic Book and Video Game Culture |url=https://publish.uwo.ca/~dmann/laralola.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127012442/http://publish.uwo.ca/~dmann/laralola.htm |archive-date=2020-11-27 |access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref><ref name="Jekubzik">{{cite web |author-last=Jekubzik |author-first=Günter H. |title=Lola rennt |url=http://www.filmtabs.de/archiv/L/Lola%20rennt.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514093803/https://www.filmtabs.de/archiv/L/Lola%20rennt.html |archive-date=2021-05-14 |access-date=2022-06-03 |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Mesch_2000">{{cite journal |date=2000 |title=Racing Berlin - The Games of Run Lola Run |url=https://journal.media-culture.org.au/mcjournal/article/view/1845 |url-status=live |journal=M/C Journal |volume=3 |doi=10.5204/mcj.1845 |issn=1441-2616 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603173118/https://journal.media-culture.org.au/mcjournal/article/view/1845 |archive-date=2022-06-03 |access-date=2022-06-03 |doi-access=free |author-first=Claudia |author-last=Mesch |number=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author-last= |author-first= |date=25 September 2018 |title=Interviews, Reviews & Analysis: Run Lola Run |url=https://filmstudiesju.wordpress.com/interviews-reviews-analysis-run-lola-run/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603172008/https://filmstudiesju.wordpress.com/interviews-reviews-analysis-run-lola-run/ |archive-date=2022-06-03 |access-date=2022-06-03 |work=Puzzle Films |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Woodward_2009" />

Coincidentally, the film ''[[Sliding Doors]]'' (also released in 1998) follows two timelines which diverge based on a seemingly minor decision: one in which the protagonist hesitates for a fellow pedestrian, and the delay causes her to miss a subway train; and another where she sidesteps the pedestrian and catches the train.<ref name="D'Angelo" />

== Legacy ==
''Run Lola Run'' has had a significant influence either narratively or aesthetically on multiple films, television shows, and other mediums. 

[[Nintendo]] producer [[Eiji Aonuma]] cited the film as a major influence while working on the story for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]],'' and was inspired by the time limit concept seen on the film. Majora's Mask was released in 2000 for the [[Nintendo 64]] to universal acclaim from critics, and is widely considered one of the [[List of video games considered the best|best video games ever made]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lamoreux |first1=Ben |date=12 November 2014 |title=Aonuma Reveals the Inspiration for Majora's Mask |url=https://www.gamnesia.com/news/aonuma-reveals-the-inspiration-for-majoras-mask |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120161435/https://www.gamnesia.com/news/aonuma-reveals-the-inspiration-for-majoras-mask |archive-date=20 January 2015 |access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref>

=== Music Videos ===
The music video for "[[It's My Life (Bon Jovi song)|It's My Life]]" by [[Bon Jovi]], released in 2000, was inspired by the film.<ref>Alex Gernandt: ''Bon Jovi'', 2. edition, Goldmann, München 2001, {{ISBN|3-442-42851-3}}, p 261</ref> 

The music video for "[[Ocean Avenue (song)|Ocean Avenue]]" by [[Yellowcard]] is also seen by some to have been inspired by the film.

The music video for "Happy Homemaker" by Canadian singer [[Melanie Doane]] is also an homage to the film.

The music video for "[[Walk Me to the Bridge]]" (2014) by [[Manic Street Preachers]] directly references the movie.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 April 2014 |title=Manic Street Preachers – "Walk Me to the Bridge" from 'Futurology' (video) |url=https://www.popmatters.com/181272-manic-street-preachers-walk-me-to-the-bridge-from-futurology-video-2495664521.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515130524/https://www.popmatters.com/181272-manic-street-preachers-walk-me-to-the-bridge-from-futurology-video-2495664521.html |archive-date=15 May 2021 |access-date=15 May 2021 |website=PopMatters}}</ref>

=== Television ===
[[Stan Rogow]], the executive producer of the [[Disney Channel]] original teen comedy ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'', stated the visual design of the show was inspired by ''Run Lola Run'', specifically mentioning Lizzie's animated persona.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luke |first1=Ford |title=Producer Stan Rogow |url=https://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/stan_rogow.htm |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=lukeford.net}}</ref>

The movie has been referenced in various animated series, including the 2001 ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Trilogy of Error]]",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Canning |first1=Robert |date=11 August 2008 |title=The Simpsons Flashback: "Trilogy of Error" Review |url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2008/08/11/the-simpsons-flashback-trilogy-of-error-review |access-date=14 May 2017 |website=IGN}}</ref> the 2011 ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode [[Phineas and Ferb (season 3)|"Run, Candace, Run"]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Run, Candace, Run/Last Train to Bustville |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959029/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210114113/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959029/ |archive-date=10 February 2017 |access-date=13 February 2018 |website=IMDb}}</ref> and a 2021 ''[[Pinky and the Brain]]'' segment of ''[[Animaniacs (2020 TV series)|Animaniacs]]'' called "Run Pinky Run".

The series ''[[SMILF]]'' includes a 2017 episode ("Run, Bridgette, Run or Forty-Eight Burnt Cupcakes & Graveyard Rum") which references the film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Run, Bridgette, Run or Forty-Eight Burnt Cupcakes & Graveyard Rum |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7255174/?ref_=ttep_ep5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308084136/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7255174/?ref_=ttep_ep5 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |access-date=13 February 2018 |website=IMDb}}</ref>

The opening scene of ''[[Buffy The Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "[[Beneath You]]" references the film, where a pink-haired girl is seen running through a German street to techno music reminiscent of the movie.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rouner|first1=Jeff|title=Yellowcard Talks Lineup Changes, Growing As A Band, And Going Acoustic|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/music/yellowcard-talks-lineup-changes-growing-as-a-band-and-going-acoustic-6509065|access-date=9 May 2018|work=[[Houston Press]]|date=11 November 2011|quote=Yellowcard's, "Ocean Avenue" was the final good video we saw on the channel. We were intrigued by what we were pretty sure was an homage to Run Lola Run, and that of course is awesome.|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021133308/https://www.houstonpress.com/music/yellowcard-talks-lineup-changes-growing-as-a-band-and-going-acoustic-6509065|url-status=live}}</ref> 

=== Films ===
Two Hindi language remakes of the film was release, ''[[Ek Din 24 Ghante]]'' in 2003, and ''[[Looop Lapeta]]'' in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 March 2021 |title=Looop Lapeta: Taapsee Pannu, Tahir Raj Bhasin starrer to release in October |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/looop-lapeta-taapsee-pannu-tahir-raj-bhasin-starrer-to-release-in-october-689714 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316024228/https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/looop-lapeta-taapsee-pannu-tahir-raj-bhasin-starrer-to-release-in-october-689714 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=[[India TV]]}}</ref>

For its 25th anniversary in 2024, the film was re-released in 4k in select United States theaters.<ref>{{cite web | title= Sony Pictures Classics to Re-Release 4K Version of 'Run Lola Run' for 25th Anniversary | website=The Hollywood Reporter | url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sony-pictures-classics-re-release-run-lola-run-25th-anniversary-1235877479/ |date=April 19, 2024| access-date=29 May 2024 | archive-date=3 May 2024 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240503115406/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sony-pictures-classics-re-release-run-lola-run-25th-anniversary-1235877479/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 71st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* ''[[Ek Din 24 Ghante]]'', a 2003 unofficial Indian remake
* ''[[Remedial Chaos Theory]]''
* ''[[Sliding Doors]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website| https://web.archive.org/web/20120817103510/http://www.miramax.com/movie/run-lola-run}}
* [http://www.lola-rennt.de Lola rennt]
* {{IMDb title|0130827|Run Lola Run}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|run_lola_run|Run Lola Run}}
* {{mojo title|runlolarun|Run Lola Run}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Run Lola Run}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040203204418/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/l/lola.html List of locations used in the film] from movie-locations.com
* [https://run-lola-run.nwdl.eu Run Lola Run: Interactive learning modules for film education] by [https://www.neue-wege-des-lernens.de/ Neue Wege des Lernens e. V.]

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