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