World on a Wire

Overview

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

Klaus Löwitsch

Fred Stiller

Mascha Rabben

Eva Vollmer

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

Herbert Siskins

Adrian Hoven

Professor Henry Vollmer

Ivan Desny

Günther Lause

Ingrid Caven

Secretary Uschi

Barbara Valentin

Gloria Fromm

Günter Lamprecht

Fritz Walfang

Margit Carstensen

Maya Schmidt-Genter

Wolfgang Schenck

Franz Hahn