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Running on Empty(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-02-14
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Time: 1h 40m
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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.
Languages: German.
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Germany
Movie: Running on Empty
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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
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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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