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Franka Potente
Born in Dulmen bei Munster in Germany on 22 June 1974 Franka Potente is probably best know for Run Lola Run and The Bourne Identity. She believes her career choice was influenced by her tendency to act like a clown and arranging impromptu performances for her family. She did this for attention that she felt she was lacking as her younger brother who was sick from birth monopolised their parents time. She studied acting at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule drama school in Munich and The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York but was discovered in a bar by a female casting agent.
Her first film was Nach Funf im Urwald (It’s a jungle out there) (1995) for which she received good reviews. She went on to star in many German films and TV programs and was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion before her then partner Tom Tykwer wrote Lola rennt ( Run Lola Run) (1999) for her. The film gave both Potente and writer/director Tykwer to international recognition. They made another film together Der Krrieger und die Kaiserin ( The Princess And the Warrior) (2000) before their separation in 2002. Around this time her other notable film was Anatomie ( Anatomy) (2000) the German thriller/horror film gained a cult following on its DVD release in the UK.
Her international/Hollywood break came staring along side Johnny Depp in Blow (2001) the true story of cocaine trafficker George Jung . Since then she has work on many German and international films most famously the first two of the highly popular Bourne trilogy.
Her other talents include music, she plays the violin and the flute and sings including on the soundtrack to her hit film Run Lola Run. She has also written a book "Los Angeles - Berlin. One Year" And a script for the short film Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt that she also directed. Fluent in French and English as well as her native German.
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Franka Potente - what members say
review by DJM666 from Walsall, England
A short but very good movie 6 March 2006
review by ThomasKus from Cardiff
Good entertainment, interesting story and visuals 13 March 2004
review by from Nottingham, England
Retro thriller 11 August 2004
Franka Potente - filmography
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The Sinking of Laconia
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Ken Duken, Paul Hilton
Director: Uwe Janson
Certificate: 
The Sinking Of The Laconia tells the true story of the heroism that was shown by everyday people in the face of adversity during the Second World War when the British vessel, the RMS Laconia, was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat.
 
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from 386 members
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Che - Part Two
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Benicio Del Toro, Benjamin Bratt
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh delivers this ambitious and sprawling biopic of one of the 20th Century's most influential political figures. In the second 127-minute segment, GUERILLA, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro) has abandoned Cuba in order to start an even more daunting Latin-American ..read more »
62%
from 14,366 members
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Che - Part One
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Kahlil Mendez, Benicio Del Toro, Benjamin Bratt
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh delivers this ambitious and sprawling biopic of one of the 20th century's most influential political figures. In the first 126-minute segment, THE ARGENTINE, we meet Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Benicio Del Toro), a young Argentinean doctor who teams up with Fidel Castro on ..read more »
63%
from 19,708 members
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The Bridge
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Francois Goeske, Franka Potente, Lars Steinhofel
Director: Wolfgang Panzer
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Franka Potente stars in this television remake of the classic 1959 German war film, which in turn is based on the autobiographical novel by Manfred Gregor. 16-year-old Walter (Lars Steinhofel) is having a secret affair with his widowed 29-year-old teacher Elfie (Potente). When Hitler's army begins ..read more »
58%
from 519 members
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Eichmann
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franka Potente
Director: Robert Young
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Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution. Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 15 years after World ..read more »
62%
from 790 members
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Romulus, My Father
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas
Director: Richard Roxburgh
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Based on Raimond Gaita's critically acclaimed memoirs, Romulus, My Father tells the story of Romulus, (Eric Bana), his beautiful wife, Christina (Franka Potente), and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond.
It is the tale of a boy trying to balance a universe ..read more »
59%
from 454 members
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Atomised
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, Martina Gedeck
Director: Oskar Roehler
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ATOMISED tell the story of half-brothers Michael (Christian Ulmen) and Bruno (Moritz Bleibtreu). The only thing that they have in common is a mother (Nina Hoss) who abandoned them to separate grandparents so that she could lead a carefree jet-set lifestyle. Michael has grown up introverted, ..read more »
59%
from 3,579 members
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I Love Your Work
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Judy Greer, Shalom Harlow, Jared Harris
Director: Adam Goldberg
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Movie star Gray Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) is at the top of his game: a seemingly endless supply of money, celebrity friends, parties, a beautiful wife...and his name and image, known all around the world. But with fame and fortune comes sometimes unwanted attention. Convinced that the 'chance' ..read more »
48%
from 189 members
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The Bourne Supremacy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Julia Stiles
Director: Paul Greengrass
Certificate: 
Matt Damon returns as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in this fast-paced follow-up to 2002's THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Forced out of hiding as the result of an attempt on his life, Bourne fulfills his earlier promise to wreak vengeance on his former CIA employers, some of whom may be in league with ..read more »
73%
from 122,202 members
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The Bourne Supremacy - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Brian Cox, Matt Damon, Franka Potente
Director: Paul Greengrass
Certificate:
Matt Damon returns as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in this fast-paced follow-up to 2002's THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Forced out of hiding as the result of an attempt on his life, Bourne fulfills his earlier promise to wreak vengeance on his former CIA employers, some of whom may be in league with ..read more »
82%
from 4,265 members
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The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
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A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen. Barely alive, he is nursed back to health, but with no memory to help him, his only clue to his identity is a bank account number. It becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
77%
from 93,628 members
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The Bourne Identity - HD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
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A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen, barely alive, he is nursed back to health. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
83%
from 1,233 member
Not currently released
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The Bourne Identity - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate:
A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen, barely alive, he is nursed back to health. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
85%
from 4,661 members
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All I Want
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Elijah Wood, Franka Potente, Mandy Moore
Director: Jeffrey Porter
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Seventeen year-old Jones (Elijah Wood) has decided to avoid college in favour of renting an apartment, and attempting to learn from life while trying to become a writer. As he tries to gain his mother's (Elizabeth Perkins) approval and figure out his father's whereabouts, he becomes involved with ..read more »
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from 1,119 member
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Blow - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente
Director: Ted Demme
Certificate: 
George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
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from 1,156 member
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Blow
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Franka Potente
Director: Ted Demme
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George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
70%
from 16,034 members
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The Princess And the Warrior
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Marita Breuer, Rolf Dannemann, Ludger Pistor
Director: Tom Tykwer
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From German director Tom Tykwer, whose energetic RUN LOLA RUN wowed audiences in 1998, comes this ethereal modern-day fairy tale. Hypnotizing German actress Franka Potente (RUN LOLA RUN, BLOW) stars opposite deft, volatile newcomer Benno Furmann. Using beautiful visuals involving ice cubes, ..read more »
67%
from 2,220 members
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Anatomy
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Franka Potente, Benno Furmann, Anna Loos
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
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From Germany comes this deft mixture of European sensibilities and the modern horror film. Paula (Potente of RUN LOLA RUN) is an ambitious German medical student who has recently gained acceptance into a top anatomy class in Heidelberg taught by a prestigious professor whom she has long idolised. ..read more »
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from 1,270 member
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Run Lola Run
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Armin Rohde, Sebastian Schipper, Franka Potente
Director: Tom Tykwer
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Presenting his third feature after last year's acclaimed Wintersleepers, Tom Tykwer cranks up the volume, stiffens the pace, and jettisons us on one of this year's most exhilarating cinematic adventures. A breathtaking race against the clock, Run Lola Run straps Tykwers' playfully hip sensibilities ..read more »
68%
from 25,502 members
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Run Lola Run - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup
Director: Tom Tykwer
Certificate:
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Set against the gritty urban scenescape of Berlin and a pounding techno soundtrack, RUN LOLA RUN is a frenetic, inventive existential thriller that explores the life-altering impact of seemingly inconsequential actions. Beautiful, hip, and young, poor Lola has but 20 minutes to locate a missing bag ..read more »
69%
from 1,998 member
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The Bourne Supremacy - HD
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Julia Stiles
Director: Paul Greengrass
Certificate:
Matt Damon returns as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in this fast-paced follow-up to 2002's THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Forced out of hiding as the result of an attempt on his life, Bourne fulfills his earlier promise to wreak vengeance on his former CIA employers, some of whom may be in league with ..read more »
79%
from 1,984 member
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...un and entertaining while it lasts. It has good acting from the main two leads (Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu), good music, is a high-speed movie - the action never let...
