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Welt am Draht ()

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Season: 1 Year: 1973
Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. A... See more »
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  Fred Stiller (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Gloria Fromm (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Eva Vollmer (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Herbert Siskins (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Franz Hahn (2 episodes, 1973)
Günter Lamprecht ...
  Fritz Walfang (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Rupp, Journalist (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Professor Henri Vollmer (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Günther Lause (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Hans Edelkern (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Mark Holm (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Maya Schmidt-Gentner (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Uschi, secretary (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Einstein (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Hartmann (2 episodes, 1973)
Lilo Pempeit ...
  Data typist (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Von Weinlaub, secretary of state (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Hirse, secretary of state (2 episodes, 1973)
Rainer Hauer ...
  Inspector Stuhlfauth (2 episodes, 1973)
Ernst Küsters ...
  Bodyguard (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Bodyguard (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Inspector Lehner (2 episodes, 1973)
Solange Pradel ...
  Singer (2 episodes, 1973)
Bruce Low ...
  Doctor (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Keeper of Cafeteria (2 episodes, 1973)
Maryse Dellanoy ...
  Waitress at cafe (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Party guest (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Party guest (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Party guest (2 episodes, 1973)
Rainer Langhans ...
  Rainer, waiter at party (2 episodes, 1973)
Corinna Brocher ...
  Employee (2 episodes, 1973)
Dora Karras-Frank ...
  Victim of assault on Stiller (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Computer lab assistant (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Informer (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Lady at the bar (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Janitor (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Man in Rolls Royce (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Hospital orderly (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Hospital orderly (2 episodes, 1973)
Karsten Peters ...
  Guide at newspaper editors (2 episodes, 1973)
Peter Moland ...
  Employee (2 episodes, 1973)
Doris Mattes ...
  Employee (2 episodes, 1973)
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  Günther Lause (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. A good friend, Guenther Lause, disappears in the middle of a conversation and a week later nobody has ever heard of him. And those fits of dizzyness - Stiller cannot believe himself to be fool. There has to be an explanation for all this. Could Simulacron have something to do with it? Written by Oliver Heidelbach

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Also Known As
  • World on a Wire (India, English title)
  • Welt Am Draht (Canada, English title)
  • World on a Wire (United States)
  • World on a Wire (World-wide, English title)
  • World on a Wire (United Kingdom)
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  • 212 min
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Budget DEM950,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Premiered on West German television as a two-part mini-series in 1973. The film was not seen again until sometime after 2000, when a single digital version began showing up on the Internet and was passed around by Fassbinder fans through file-sharing communities. See more »
Goofs In the second part of the film, the scene at Fred's cabin: When the camera moves surrounds the cabin, at one point the shadow of the camera is clearly projected on the wooden wall. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Fassbinder's World on a Wire - Looking Ahead to Today (2010). See more »
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Quotes Franz Hahn: I can imagine what Vollmer's shattering discovery was. I bet it had to do with his attitude towards the identity units we'd programmed in his computer. You remember how he called them "my children".
Fred Stiller: He was only joking.
Franz Hahn: You can't spend years feeding data into a computer that allows for the simulation of every aspect of human behavior without asking yourself if it might lead to the creation of something resembling human consciousness.
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