Running on Empty

Running on Empty

Running on Empty

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Running on Empty

2006

1h 40m

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Drama

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.

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13 members

Acting

Jens Harzer

Burkhard Wagner

Jens Harzer

Acting

Susanne Menner

Gast

Susanne Menner

Acting

Marina Galic

Carolin Wagner

Marina Galic

Acting

Anna Maria Mühe

Heike

Anna Maria Mühe

Acting

Tom Jahn

Walter Rösler

Tom Jahn

Acting

Mehdi Nebbou

Rashid

Mehdi Nebbou

Acting

Hussi Kutlucan

Herr Wokalek

Hussi Kutlucan

Acting

Oliver Marlo

Herr Hauser

Oliver Marlo

Acting

Christian Blümel

Charlie

Christian Blümel

Acting

Patrizia Moresco

Frau Wokalek

No Image

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Eva Mannschott

Frau Hufschmidt

Eva Mannschott

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Birgit Funke

Busfahrerin

No Image

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Irina Potapenko

Larissa

Irina Potapenko

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