World on a Wire

World on a Wire

7.2 Rating1973-10-14Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

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.

Episodes

Cast

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

as Fred Stiller

Mascha Rabben

Mascha Rabben

as Eva Vollmer

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

Karl-Heinz Vosgerau

as Herbert Siskins

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

as Professor Henry Vollmer

Ivan Desny

Ivan Desny

as Günther Lause

Ingrid Caven

Ingrid Caven

as Secretary Uschi

Barbara Valentin

Barbara Valentin

as Gloria Fromm

Günter Lamprecht

Günter Lamprecht

as Fritz Walfang

Margit Carstensen

Margit Carstensen

as Maya Schmidt-Genter

Wolfgang Schenck

Wolfgang Schenck

as Franz Hahn