Running on Empty
An insurance salesman endlessly cruises the Autobahn, with a pay phone and the occasional unsuspecting customer as his only companions. Can a beautiful motel clerk release him from his spell? Top-flight performances bring an intriguing, Lynchian creepiness to this strangely compassionate retelling of The Flying Dutchman.
Director Bülent Akinci is scheduled to attend both screenings
Sponsors:
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Projektleitung USA - German Films
Cast & Crew
Director: Bülent Akinci
Producer: Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner
Editor: Inge Schneider, Tina Baz
Screenwriter: Bülent Akinci
Cinematographer: Henner Besuch
Music: Wim Mertens
Principal Cast: Jens Harzer, Marina Galic, Anna Maria Mühe, Christian Blümel, Tom Jahn, Hussi Kutlucan
World Sales: Razor Film Produktion GmbH
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Death of a really creepy german salesman, May 11, 2010
By Langston
“"Death of a Salesman" with a heavy dose of "Lost Highway" style injected into it's veins, "Running on Empty" was one of the oddest, coldest and most mind-wrangling film of the sprawling SIFF 07 tenure. Full mostly of highway pay-phone conversations, strange and sometimes existential personal”
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