Run Lola Run

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We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

T.S. Eliot

After the game is before the game.

S. Herberger

Man

probably the most mysterious

species on our planet.

A mystery of unanswered questions

Who are we? Where do we come from?

Where are we going? How do we

know. What we think we know?

Why do we believe anything at all?

Countless questions

In search of an answer.

An answer that will give

rise to a new question

and the next answer will give

rise to the next question and so on

and so on.

But, in the end, isn 't it

always the same question?

And always the same answer?

The ball is round.

The game lasts 90 minutes.

That's a fact. Everything

else is pure theory.

Here we go!

RUN LOLA RUN:

- Manni?

- Lola?

What's up? Where are you?

Where were you, damn it?

I got there too late.

But why today?

You're always on time! Always!

My moped got ripped off.

It doesn't matter.

Yes, it matters!

What's wrong?

It wasn't my fault, Manni.

I went to get some cigarettes.

I can 't believe how fast the guy was.

There was nothing I could do.

He was gone before I got outside.

I even took a taxi.

That dumb-ass drove east. They've

got a Grunewald St. There too.

When I noticed, it was too late.

I was so screwed up because

of our moped, I didn't realize.

- Doesn't matter. - And when

I got there, you were gone.

- It doesn't matter now.

I'm done for. - But why?

Help me, Lola! I don't know what to do.

You weren't there, and I messed

it up. I blew it. I'm such a jerk!

Just calm down. Now, what happened?

Just tell me what happened, okay?

Lola, he's gonna kill me. I'm gonna die.

Stop it! You're scaring me. What's up?

- Did you get caught? - No, but

that would have been something.

Everything went really great. We drove

the cars there, and those guys came.

They paid and that was it. Easy as pie.

I got waved across the border

and then they dropped me off out there.

I went to see that cyclops,

and he was finished in no time.

And everything was on time,

except for you.

You were not there

- Then what?

- Nothing. Not even a phone booth.

I couldn't even call a taxi,

so I walked to the subway station

On the train, there was this bum

who somehow fell down. Suddenly,

these inspectors showed up.

And I got out like always.

An old reflex.

The bag!

The bag!

The bag!

I'm such a f***ing amateur!

A dumb-ass!

This could only happen to me! If you'd

picked me up, It wouldn't have happened.

I was so out of it.

You're always on time!

- Didn't you call the next station? - Sure.

But It was too late. The

f***ing bag was already gone.

And that bum has it.

That plastic-bag freak!

He's on a plane to Florida or Hawaii

or Canada or Hong

Kong or Bermuda or whatever.

What about Ronnie?

- He'll kill me. - You gotta tell him.

Forget it!

- Why? - He won't believe a single word!

I kept a carton of cigarettes

once. He noticed right away.

He doesn't believe anybody.

The job with those Mercedes

was a kind of test.

To see if he could trust me. Sh*t.

How much was there in the bag?

- 100.000

- What?

Sh*t.

See! I knew you wouldn't come up

with any Ideas. I always said

someday you wouldn't know what

to do. Not when you die. Sooner!

You said, ''Love can do everything.''

So find 100.000 marks in 20 minutes!

At 12 by the water tower around

the corner, Ronnie said. In 20 minutes.

Run away, Manni!

- No.

- Why not?

Nobody escapes Ronnie.

I'll go with you.

When Ronnie gets here in 20 minutes

I'll be a goner.

- Stop it, Manni!

- What for?

You can't get me 100 grand either!

He'll rub me out, and all that's

left of me will be 100.000 ashes

floating down the Spree to the sea.

No more Manni! You can't do a thing!

Shut up!

Listen.

Wait for me. I'll help you. Stay put,

I'll be there in 20 minutes.

- Okay?

- You gonna pawn all your jewelry?

Where are you?

In a phone booth downtown

in front of the Spiral Bar.

Okay, stay where you are.

I'll come up with something.

In 20 minutes, okay?

What the hell. I'll go over to

Boile and get that 100 grand.

Cut it out!

Ronnie said they make 200 grand a day

so they must have 100 grand by noon.

You're nuts! Don't do a thing!

Just stay in that damned booth!

- That's it. I'll rob the store.

- Have you lost it?

Don't do a thing! Stay put, I'm coming!

Then what?

I'll think of something!

In 20 minutes I'll be dead

unless I steal the money!

- No, wait!

- What for?

I'll get the money somehow.

I'm going there at 12

if you aren't here.

Okay. Who?

Who?

Dad!

Lola, are you going shopping?

I need shampoo!

Of course, I knew that

Sagittarius was your ascendant.

Sure, the more I think about it.

I don't know.

Yes, but you're married too.

Watch where you're going!

B*tch!

It's worst at night.

I wake up and can't fall asleep again.

And then I'm afraid.

Me! Afraid of the dark!

I've never been afraid of the dark.

I've never even been afraid before.

But I think about us

and I just think

it'll keep going on like this.

That you wouldn't dare

And then I ask myself

what I'm doing here.

How long will this go on?

The secrecy, all this damned lying?

Should I grow old, waiting for a man

who won't stand by me?

Hey, you need a bike?

No!

AND THEN:

Hey man! I know that!

It's not my fault it's so much money!

with 500 marks?

Thanks.

Your phone card!

I have to go. Meyer will be

here in a minute.

Can we meet later on?

- Do you love me?

- What?

Do you love me?

Why are you asking me now?

Do you love me?

Yes, damn it!

Then decide.

Not now.

You have to decide sometime.

But why now, here, at once?

Because I'm pregnant.

Look who's here!

Our little princess, Lola!

What a rare pleasure.

- Why the rush?

- Please, let me in.

Little Miss wants to see Big Daddy?

Sure thing.

Sorry.

AND THEN:

Tell me, do you want to

have a baby with me?

Yes.

Lola?

Dad.

Your daughter?

I'm Jutta Hansen

from the board of directors.

- Sorry to interrupt. It's urgent.

- It's okay. I was just about to

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

Nothing.

Listen

if I told you I needed your help

more than I ever have before and

you're the only one who can help me

would you help me?

- You look terrible.

- Would you help me?

- What happened?

I can't explain now.

Would you help me?

With what, damn it?!

I need 100.000 marks immediately.

What?

I need it within

the next five minutes or else

- Or else what?

- Something terrible will happen!

I don't understand.

What's going on here today?

Please, Dad! You've got to help me! Please!

- I don't have 100.000 marks.

- What about my life insurance?

What about it?

It isn't worth 100.000

Please, Dad, I'm serious.

This isn't a joke!

Yes, it is, Lola!

You can't be serious!

- If you don't help me, he'll die!

- Who'll die?

- Manni!

- Manni? Who's Manni?

My boyfriend, for over a year!

I don't even know him.

Why will he die?

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