World on a Wire
Welt am Draht
“What world do we live in? Is it real?”
About
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.
Cast
Klaus Löwitsch
as Fred Stiller
Mascha Rabben
as Eva Vollmer
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
as Herbert Siskins
Adrian Hoven
as Professor Henry Vollmer
Ivan Desny
as Günther Lause
Ingrid Caven
as Secretary Uschi
Barbara Valentin
as Gloria Fromm
Günter Lamprecht
as Fritz Walfang
Margit Carstensen
as Maya Schmidt-Genter
Wolfgang Schenck
as Franz Hahn
Karl Scheydt
as Inspector Stuhlfahrt
Elma Karlowa
as Cafeteria Manager
Solange Pradel
as Singer
Katrin Schaake
as Computer Lab Assistant
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
as Hospital Orderly
Rudolf Lenz
as Hartmann
Christine Kaufmann
as Party Guest
Peter Kern
as Hospital Orderly
Heinz Meier
as Secretary of State Von Weinlaub
Christiane Maybach
as Woman at the Bar
Episodes
Miniseries
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