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World on a Wire
"What world do we live in? Is it real?"
1973 • 1h 42m • 1 Season • 2 Episodes • ★ 7.2 (74 votes) Ended
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.
Rating
7.2
Runtime
102 min
Episodes
2
Production
WDRTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
based on novel or booksimulationsuper computersimulated reality computer programvirtual realitydystopiacomputer simulationminiseriescyberpunkhuman–computer interactionbrain-computer interface
