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World on a Wire
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TV Show
First Air Date: October 14, 1973
Last Air Date: October 16, 1973
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
Episode Runtime: 102 min
Rating:
Cast: Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Adrian Hoven, Ivan Desny
Created By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Network: Das Erste
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.