Running on Empty
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.
Top cast
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
Irina Potapenko
Larissa
Where to watch
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Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 14, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Original language
- DE
- Original title
- Der Lebensversicherer
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