World on a Wire
Welt am Draht
Rating: 7.3 · 1973 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery · Germany · 1 sns
Description
World on a Wire is a two-part 1973 West German science fiction television serial broadcast on ARD. Shot on 16 mm film, the two-part miniseries is directed 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 simulated 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.
Information
- Original title
- Welt am Draht
- Year
- 1973
- Genre
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery
- Country
- Germany
- Seasons
- 1
- TMDB
- 7.3
- IMDb
- 7.3
- Tagline
- What world do we live in? Is it real?
Director
Cast
- Klaus Löwitsch — Fred Stiller
- Mascha Rabben — Eva Vollmer
- Karl-Heinz Vosgerau — Herbert Siskins
- Adrian Hoven — Professor Henry Vollmer
- Ivan Desny — Günther Lause
- Ingrid Caven — Secretary Uschi
- Barbara Valentin — Gloria Fromm
- Günter Lamprecht — Fritz Walfang
- Margit Carstensen — Maya Schmidt-Genter
- Wolfgang Schenck — Franz Hahn
- Karl Scheydt — Inspector Stuhlfahrt
- Elma Karlowa — Cafeteria Manager
- Solange Pradel — Singer
- Katrin Schaake — Computer Lab Assistant
- Rudolf Waldemar Brem — Hospital Orderly
- Rudolf Lenz — Hartmann
- Christine Kaufmann — Party Guest
- Peter Kern — Hospital Orderly
- Heinz Meier — Secretary of State Von Weinlaub
- Christiane Maybach — Woman at the Bar