
World on a Wire
What world do we live in? Is it real?
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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.
Production
WDR
Language
DE
Status
Ended
First Aired
October 14, 1973
Last Aired
October 16, 1973
Networks
Das Erste
Created By
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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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
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