Plot
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.
Cast
as Fred Stiller
as Eva Vollmer
as Herbert Siskins
as Professor Henry Vollmer
as Günther Lause
as Secretary Uschi
as Gloria Fromm
as Fritz Walfang
as Maya Schmidt-Genter
as Franz Hahn
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
October 14, 1973
Last Aired Date
October 16, 1973
Production Companies
WDR
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
2
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Miniseries
1973|2 Episodes
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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