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World on a Wire

World on a Wire

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.2
World on a Wire

Released

10/14/1973

Duration

1h 41m

Genre

Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Country

Germany

Cast

Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

Overview

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.

Episodes

Part 1EP 1Available

Part 1

101m8.0

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

Part 2EP 2Available

Part 2

101m8.0

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

Cast

Klaus Löwitsch

Fred Stiller

Klaus Löwitsch

Mascha Rabben

Eva Vollmer

Mascha Rabben

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

Herbert Siskins

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

Adrian Hoven

Professor Henry Vollmer

Adrian Hoven

Ivan Desny

Günther Lause

Ivan Desny

Ingrid Caven

Secretary Uschi

Ingrid Caven

Barbara Valentin

Gloria Fromm

Barbara Valentin

Günter Lamprecht

Fritz Walfang

Günter Lamprecht

Margit Carstensen

Maya Schmidt-Genter

Margit Carstensen

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Hahn

Wolfgang Schenck

Karl Scheydt

Inspector Stuhlfahrt

Karl Scheydt

Elma Karlowa

Cafeteria Manager

Elma Karlowa

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