Why it may be worth watching
- Running on Empty combines Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Jens Harzer, Susanne Menner, Marina Galic.
Movie
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.
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Cast
Jens HarzerBurkhard Wagner
Susanne MennerGast
Marina GalicCarolin Wagner
Anna Maria MüheHeike
Tom JahnWalter Rösler
Mehdi NebbouRashid
Hussi KutlucanHerr Wokalek
Oliver MarloHerr Hauser
Christian BlümelCharlie
Patrizia MorescoFrau Wokalek
Eva MannschottFrau Hufschmidt
Birgit FunkeBusfahrerin
Irina PotapenkoLarissa
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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama.
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Themes and topics
waitresshighwaylife insuranceinsurance agentroad movie
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