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World on a Wire

7.2 2 Eps Drama   Sci-Fi & Fantasy   Mystery   1973
WDR  

Release Date: 14 Sun, Oct 1973

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.

  

Seasons (1)

Miniseries

Miniseries

2 Episodes

Casts of Miniseries

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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