Welt am Draht

1973
1 Seasons
2 Episodes
7.199 (73)
Ended

World on a Wire (German: Welt am Draht) is a two-part 1973 West German science fiction television serial broadcast on ARD. Shot on 16 mm film, the two-part miniseries is drected by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who co-writes the screenplay with Fritz Müller-Scherz, based on Daniel F. Galouye's 1964 novel Simulacron-3. In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr Fred Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.

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Seasons

2. Part 2

October 16, 1973

Fred Stiller becomes convinced he is living in a simulation, causing everyone to question his sanity.

1. Part 1

October 14, 1973

Fred Stiller, who is working on a computerized simulation of reality, enters a world of mystery when friend Guenther Lause disappears.

World on a Wire - U.S. Trailer (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1973)

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Description

Genres

Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery
Cast

Klaus Löwitsch
Mascha Rabben
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
Adrian Hoven
Ivan Desny
Ingrid Caven
Barbara Valentin
Günter Lamprecht
Margit Carstensen
Wolfgang Schenck
Karl Scheydt
Elma Karlowa
Solange Pradel
Katrin Schaake
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rudolf Lenz
Christine Kaufmann
Peter Kern
Heinz Meier
Christiane Maybach
Kurt Raab
Eddie Constantine
Doris Mattes
El Hedi ben Salem
Werner Schroeter
Rainer Langhans
Magdalena Montezuma
Peter Gauhe
Walter Sedlmayr
Ulli Lommel
Joachim Hansen
Gottfried John
Peter Chatel
Bruce Low
Lilo Pempeit
Channel

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