World on a Wire (1973)
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.
Release date: 1973-10-14
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Orginal language: Deutsch
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Novel: Daniel F. Galouye
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Main 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
Kurt Raab
as Mark Holm
Eddie Constantine
as Man in Rolls Royce
Doris Mattes
as Employee
El Hedi ben Salem
as Bodyguard
Werner Schroeter
as Party Guest
Rainer Langhans
as Waiter Rainer
Magdalena Montezuma
as Party Guest
Peter Gauhe
as Informer
Walter Sedlmayr
as Janitor
Ulli Lommel
as Journalist Rupp
Joachim Hansen
as Hans Edelkern
Gottfried John
as Einstein
Peter Chatel
as Secretary of State Hirse
Bruce Low
as Doctor
Lilo Pempeit
as Data Typist
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Daniel F. Galouye - Novel, Michael Ballhaus - Director of Photography, Peter Märthesheimer - Producer, Alexander Wesemann - Producer, Ursula Elles - Editor, Marie Anne Gerhardt - Editor, Gabriele Pillon - Costume Design, Gottfried Hüngsberg - Original Music Composer, Kurt Raab - Production Design, Norbert Gerwin - Makeup Artist, Rosemarie Schönartz - Makeup Artist, Renate Leiffer - Assistant Director, Fritz Müller-Scherz - Assistant Director, Hans Pampuch - Sound, Ernst Thomas - Sound