''Running on Empty'' () is a 2006 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Bülent Akinci. It was entered into the

28th Moscow International Film Festival The 28th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2006. The Golden George was awarded to the Swedish film '' About Sara'' directed by Othman Karim. Jury * Andrzej Żuławski (Poland – Head of the Jury) * Alexei Uchi ...

where

Jens Harzer Jens Harzer (born 14 March 1972) is a German stage, film, and television actor. He began his career at the Munich Kammerspiele, and has been a member of the Thalia Theater (Hamburg), Thalia Theatre in Hamburg since 2009. He has appeared at the S ...

won the award for Best Actor.

Plot summary

Cast

as Burkhard Wagner * Marina Galic as Carolin Wagner *

Anna Maria Mühe Anna Maria Mühe (born 23 July 1985) is a German actress. Biography Born in Berlin to actor Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007) and actress Jenny Gröllmann (1947–2006), she was invited by director Maria von Heland to a casting for ''Big Girls Don' ...

as Heike * Christian Blümel as Charlie *

Mehdi Nebbou Mehdi Nebbou (born 10 January 1971) is a French actor. Early life and education Mehdi Nebbou was born on 10 January 1974 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, to a German mother and an Algerian father. His brother is the film director Safy ...

as Rachid * Tom Jahn as Walter Rösler

References

External links

* 2006 films 2006 drama films Films scored by Wim Mertens German drama films 2000s German-language films 2000s German films {{2000s-drama-film-stub