World on a Wire (1973)

What world do we live in? Is it real?

Original title: Welt am Draht

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.

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Klaus Löwitsch

as Fred Stiller

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

as Herbert Siskins

as Professor Henry Vollmer

as Günther Lause

as Secretary Uschi

Barbara Valentin

Barbara Valentin

as Gloria Fromm

Günter Lamprecht

Günter Lamprecht

as Fritz Walfang

Margit Carstensen

Margit Carstensen

as Maya Schmidt-Genter

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

as Inspector Stuhlfahrt

as Cafeteria Manager

as Computer Lab Assistant

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Rudolf Waldemar Brem

as Hospital Orderly

Christine Kaufmann

Christine Kaufmann

as Hospital Orderly

as Secretary of State Von Weinlaub

Christiane Maybach

Christiane Maybach

as Woman at the Bar

Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine

as Man in Rolls Royce

El Hedi ben Salem

El Hedi ben Salem

Werner Schroeter

Werner Schroeter

Rainer Langhans

Rainer Langhans

as Waiter Rainer

Magdalena Montezuma

Magdalena Montezuma

Walter Sedlmayr

Walter Sedlmayr

as Journalist Rupp

as Hans Edelkern

as Secretary of State Hirse

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