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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

Jens Harzer

Burkhard Wagner

Susanne Menner

Marina Galic

Anna Maria Mühe

Anna Maria Mühe

Tom Jahn

Mehdi Nebbou

Hussi Kutlucan

Oliver Marlo

Christian Blümel

Christian Blümel

Patrizia Moresco

Patrizia Moresco

Eva Mannschott

Frau Hufschmidt

Birgit Funke

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