Running on Empty (2006)
Der Lebensversicherer
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.
- Date of release
- 2006-02-14
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Bülent Akinci
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Running on Empty is a 2006 German drama film directed by Bülent Akinci. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where Jens Harzer won the award for Best Actor.
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