Running on Empty
2006•1h 40m•Released
Drama
The dull daily routine of an insurance agent, who listlessly drives down the highway every day and conducts customer meetings while longing for his family, becomes a metaphor for a life that has come to a standstill and is threatened with being crushed by loneliness.
Director
Bülent Akinci
Writer
Bülent Akinci
Languages
German
Cast
Jens Harzer
Burkhard Wagner
Susanne Menner
Gast
Marina Galic
Carolin Wagner
Anna Maria Mühe
Heike
Tom Jahn
Walter Rösler
Mehdi Nebbou
Rashid
Hussi Kutlucan
Herr Wokalek
Oliver Marlo
Herr Hauser
Christian Blümel
Charlie
Patrizia Moresco
Frau Wokalek
Eva Mannschott
Frau Hufschmidt
Birgit Funke
Busfahrerin
Irina Potapenko
Larissa
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