Running on Empty

Feb 14, 2006

1h 40m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Burkhard Wagner

Jens Harzer

Gast

Susanne Menner

Carolin Wagner

Marina Galic

Heike

Anna Maria Mühe

Walter Rösler

Tom Jahn

Rashid

Mehdi Nebbou

Herr Wokalek

Hussi Kutlucan

Herr Hauser

Oliver Marlo

Charlie

Christian Blümel

Frau Wokalek

Patrizia Moresco

Frau Hufschmidt

Eva Mannschott

Busfahrerin

Birgit Funke

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