World on a Wire
"What world do we live in? Is it real?"
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.
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Details
| Status: | Ended |
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| First Air Date: | 1973-10-14 |
| Last Air Date: | 1973-10-16 |
| Created By: | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Networks: | Das Erste |
| Production: | WDR |
