SYNOPSIS
“Running on Empty” (“Der Lebensversicherer”) tells the neo-romantic story of an inexhaustible and restless search for love and redemption.
DIRECTOR
Bülent Akinci was born in Ankara in 1968. He has been living in Berlin since 1970 and is a German citizen. After working as a musician, security guard and insurance salesman, he began to study Philosophy, Art, Theatre, Film, and Music Studies at the Free University in Berlin. In 1996 he enrolled at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). He has won many prizes with his short films. “Running on Empty” (Der Lebensversicherer) is his first feature length film.
CREDITS
CAST:
Burkhard Wagner – Jens Harzer
Carolin Wagner – Marina Galic
Heike – Anna Maria Mühe
Charlie – Christian Blümel
Walter Rösler – Tom Jahn
CREW:
Scriptwriter & Director: Bülent Akinci
Director of Photography: Henner Besuch
Editors: Inge Schneider, Tina Baz
Music: Wim Mertens
PRODUCTION:
Razor Film,
ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel (editor: Claudia Tronnier)
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
FUNDED BY:
FFA, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Gewinner des Dialogue en Perspective Preises, Berlinale 2006
Gewinner des Silver St. George für Best Actor Jens Harzer, Moscow International Film Festival 2006
Gewinner des Diploms der Russischen Gilde für Filmkritik, Moscow IFF 2006
Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2006
Official Selection World Film Festival Montreal 2006
Official Selection Copenhagen International Film Festival 2006
Official Selection Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2006
Official Selection Warsaw International Film Festival 2006
Official Selection Valladolid International Film Festival (Wettbewerb) 2006
Official Selection Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2006
Official Selection Cairo International Film Festival 2006
Official Selection Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2006
Official Selection Triest Film Festival 2007
Official Selection AFI, Dallas 2007
Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2007
Official Selection Ankara International Film Festival 2008
Official Selection Festival des Deutschen Films Ludwigshafen (Wettbewerb) 2006