"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 realise." " 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 weren't 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 fucking 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 fucking 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." "Shit." "How much was there in the bag?" " 100,000" " What?" "100,000." "A test." "Shit." "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 jewellery?" "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 Bolle 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!" "Bitch!" "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?" "50 marks, as good as new." "No!" "AND THEN" "Hey man!" "I know that!" "It's not my fault it's so much money!" "500?" "What am I supposed to do 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?" "It doesn't matter!" "Okay." "Come with me." " You're going to help me?" " Of course." "Go home and go to bed." "And tell your mother I won't be home today or tomorrow or ever again." "I'm leaving you guys and I'm marrying another woman." "We're going to have kids." "I'll try to be happy because she only wants me." "I'm so sick of hearing "All you do is work."" ""You always play the boss!"" "Maybe I do, but so what!" "You guys have no idea!" "I'm so tired of being blamed for everything!" "Sure, Daddy's money is good enough right?" "Well, not anymore!" "Not anymore." "Besides, I'd never have fathered a freak like you." " But you did, you jerk!" " No, I didn't!" "You're not mine." "Now you know." "The guy who sired you left before you were even born." "Throw her out, please." "Come on!" "Get her out of here!" "Well, we all have our bad days." "See you around." "My dear." "What's wrong?" "Do you have the time?" "This afternoon?" "All right." "No, forget it." "It's okay." "Yeah." "Wait!" "Don't do it!" "Manni, please!" "Wait!" "Wait for me!" "I'll be right there." "Please." "Manni, please  wait!" "Lie down on the floor." "On the floor!" "Lie down on the floor." "Hands behind your head, and keep quiet!" "Hands behind your head, and keep quiet!" "Open the registers!" "Open all the cash registers!" "Open them!" "Open them, and lie down!" "I'll shoot anyone who bugs me!" "I'll shoot anyone who bugs me!" "Lola, where were you?" "I couldn't get here faster." "Will you help me?" "Can't we just get out of here?" "Not anymore." "You see the shit I'm in." "Why didn't you wait for me?" "I did." "You got here too late." "So, are you with me?" "Put your hands up!" "Hurry up!" "Come on!" "Drop your gun!" "Hurry up!" "Don't move." "The safety is on." " How does it work?" " The little lever on the side." "Kid, you don't know how to use..." "Don't move." "Come here." "Cover me." "I'll grab the cash." "Hurry, before the cops come." "Don't move!" "Do you love me?" "Sure, I do." "How can you be sure?" "I don't know." "I just am." "I could be some other girl." "Why not?" " Because you're the best." " The best what?" "The best girl." "In the whole world?" "Sure." "How do you know?" "I just know." "You think so." "Okay, I think so." " You see?" " What?" "You aren't sure." "Are you nuts, or what?" "What if you never met me?" "What do you mean?" "You'd be saying the same thing to someone else." " Okay, if you don't want to hear it..." " I don't want to hear anything." "I want to know how you feel." "Okay." "My feelings say you're the best." "Your feelings?" "Who is 'your feelings' anyway?" "It's me." "My heart." "Your heart says "Hi, Manni." "She's the one."" "Exactly." "And you say, "Thanks for the info." "Talk to you soon."" "Exactly." "And you do whatever your heart says?" "Well, it doesn't really 'say' anything." "I don't know it just feels." "So what does it feel now?" "That someone's asking rather stupid questions." "You aren't taking me seriously." "Lola, what's wrong?" "Do you want to leave me?" "I don't know." "I think I have to make a decision." "But I don't want to..." "I don't want to leave." "Stop!" "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." "Excuse me!" "Watch it, you stupid cow!" "Fucking bitch!" "AND THEN" "Hey, you need a bike?" "No." " 50 marks, as good as new." " But it's stolen!" "500?" "What am I supposed to do with 500 marks?" "Tell me, do you want to have a baby with me?" "Yes." "Even if it isn't yours?" "Look who's here!" "Lola, our..." "I'm in a hurry, please!" "Please let me in!" "Courtesy and composure are the queen's jewels." "Let me in, please." "A little anger is good for the heart the circulation, the skin." "What kind of love is that?" "!" " If you hadn't neglected me..." " I have a family!" "I can't leave a sick wife and three kids just to please her highness." "Your wife is drunk from morning to night!" "So what!" "What do you know?" "Can't you see you're interrupting?" "Hi, Dad." "Why didn't you knock?" "What's going on?" "What do you want?" "Is she your daughter?" "Shut the door." "What do you want?" "I need your help." " You see that I'm busy." " There's no other way." "Damn it!" "Why did you have to show up here now?" "!" "I have a problem." "Do you understand?" "Who's that slut?" "That's none of your business!" "Lola, leave." "Go home." "Leave me alone." "I can't!" "Why not?" "I need money." "Then get a job." "I will, but I need the money now!" "Okay, just so you get out of here." "How much?" "No, I need lots more." "What do you mean, "lots more"?" "A whole lot more!" "Aren't you ashamed barging in like this?" "Can't you see we're busy?" "I don't give a shit, you stupid cow!" "I have other problems." "Don't you dare..." "What?" "What's going on?" "It just isn't your day today." "Doesn't matter." "You can't have everything." "You're coming with me." "Have you lost your mind?" " You think you can do anything you like?" " Shut up!" "You go first." "Kid you don't know how to use that thing." "Let me make a suggestion." "Stay back." " Listen, we can talk this over." " Fuck off!" "AND THEN" "Shit!" "The combination." "Quiet!" "What the heck are you doing?" "Lola, there are cameras everywhere." "You'll never get out of here." "The police will be here in a second." "You said they always come too late." "Bag it. 100,000" "Come on, kid." "Leave your daddy alone." "You don't want to hurt anyone, do you?" "I don't know." " I don't have it." " Why not?" "There's only 88,000" "I'll have to get the rest from downstairs." "Okay, get going!" "Go, go!" "Hurry up, man!" "100,000" "In there." "Bye, Dad." "I don't believe it." "You want to get killed, kid?" "Attention!" "This is the police!" "The building is surrounded." "Come out with your hands up." "What a ruckus!" "Do you have the time?" "Get out of the way!" "Give me a lift, will you?" " Are you nuts?" " Wait!" "Wait, Manni!" "I'm coming." "I'm almost there..." "Wait!" "I'm gonna make it!" "What would you do if I died?" " I wouldn't let you die." " Yeah, but what if I were fatally ill?" " I'd find a way." " What if I were in a coma and the doctor said "One more day"?" "I'd throw you into the ocean." "Shock therapy." "Okay, but what if I died anyway?" " What do you want to hear?" " Come on, tell me." "I'd go to the isle of Rügen and cast your ashes to the wind." "And then?" "I don't know." "It's a stupid question." "I know what you'd do." " You'd forget me." " No!" "Sure, you would." "What else could you do?" "Sure, you'd mourn for a few weeks." "It wouldn't be so bad." "Everybody's real compassionate." "And everything's so incredibly sad, and everyone feels sorry for you." "You can show everyone how strong you are." ""What a great woman," they'll say." ""She's pulling herself together instead of crying all day."" "And suddenly, this really nice guy with green eyes shows up." "And he's super sensitive and listens to you all day." "And you can talk his ear off." "And you can tell him how tough things are for you that you have to look after yourself and you don't know what'll happen..." "Then you'd hop onto his lap and cross me off your list." "That's how it goes." "What?" "You're not dead yet." "No?" "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." "AND THEN" " Watch out!" " Sorry." "I bet you're sorry!" "Fries and a sausage." "Give me another one." "I'll be damned." "Life's really crazy sometimes isn't it?" "Come on, kid." "I'll buy you a drink." "You need a bike?" "A special price. 70 marks." "Mr. Meyer?" "Is everything okay?" "Tell me, do you want to have a baby with me?" "Yes." "Mr. Meyer is here." " There's something else." " Not now." "Mr. Meyer asked if he should park or if you're coming out?" "I'm coming." "This is the nicest present you could give me." "I'll see you later?" "Hi there." " Hi there, Ms. Jäger." " Hello." " Nice to see you." " Hello, Mr. Meyer." "Wait!" "You know what?" "I just had a strange encounter." "Yes, with your daughter!" " With whom?" " Your daughter." "Shit!" "Shit!" "You've come at last, dear." "Thanks." "Wait." "So I decided, it'd be best for me not to have kids." "I work so much that they'd never see me." "Watch out!" "What can I do?" "What can I do?" "What can I do?" "Come on." "Help me." "Please." "Just this once." "I'll just keep running, okay?" "I'm waiting." "I'm waiting." "I'm waiting." "I'm waiting." "You wanna get killed?" " How does this work?" " You buy chips and gamble them away." "You can't go in there like that." "I have to." "99 marks 20." "What kind of chips?" "One for 100." "You're short." "Please." "Place your bets, please." "Your bets, please." "No more bets." "Twenty, black, even, pass." "No series." "1,500 on black." "100 and 400." "3,500 for 100 marks on 20." "Here you are. 3,500." "Come with me, please." "Just one more game." "Please place your bets." "Twenty, black, even, pass." "Please hurry." "I need a plastic bag." "Stop!" "That's mine!" "I know!" "I'm sorry." "What about me?" "At least give me that." "What are you doing here?" "I'll stay with him." "What happened to you?" "Did you run here?" "Don't worry." "Everything's okay." "Come on." "What's in the bag?"