Running on Empty
7.4
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
30 people
Jens Harzer
Burkhard Wagner
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Boy 7
Susanne Menner
Gast
Also in
TRUST.Wohltat
The Founder
Martin Steyer
Bülent Akinci
Gerhard Meixner
Marina Galic
Carolin Wagner
Also in
Hallo Spencer - Der Film
German Genius
Roman Paul
Iris Jäger
Anna Maria Mühe
Heike
Known for
Woman of the Dead
Dogs of Berlin
Henner Besuch
Tom Jahn
Walter Rösler
Known for
Dark
We Are the Night
Inge Schneider
Bülent Akinci Director · Wim Mertens Composer Henner Besuch Cinematographer
United States release February 14, 2006 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der Lebensversicherer
Production
Razor Film Produktion GmbH
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Der Lebensversicherer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 14, 2006
Berlin International Film Festival
United States · February 14, 2006
Theatrical
Czechia
July 4, 2006 · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Estonia
December 1, 2006 · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
October 14, 2006 · Paris German Film Festival
Greece
November 21, 2006 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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