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Running on Empty

20061h 40mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorBülent Akinci
WriterBülent Akinci

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Cast · Directed by Bülent Akinci

JHJens Harzer
Jens Harzer
Burkhard Wagner
SMSusanne Menner
Susanne Menner
Gast
MGMarina Galic
Marina Galic
Carolin Wagner
AMAnna Maria Mühe
Anna Maria Mühe
Heike
TJTom Jahn
Tom Jahn
Walter Rösler
MNMehdi Nebbou
Mehdi Nebbou
Rashid
HK
Hussi Kutlucan
Herr Wokalek
OMOliver Marlo
Oliver Marlo
Herr Hauser
CBChristian Blümel
Christian Blümel
Charlie
PM
Patrizia Moresco
Frau Wokalek
EMEva Mannschott
Eva Mannschott
Frau Hufschmidt
BF
Birgit Funke
Busfahrerin

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