World on a Wire
“What world do we live in? Is it real?”
Overview
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.
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Created By
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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
Details
Language
de
Status
Ended
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