| World on a Wire | |
|---|---|
 Press info ("Presseheft") front cover | |
| Based on | Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye |
| Screenplay by | |
| Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Starring |
|
| Music by | Gottfried Hüngsberg |
| Country of origin | West Germany |
| Original language | German |
| Production | |
| Producers |
|
| Cinematography |
|
| Editors |
|
| Running time | 204 minutes (I: 101 / II: 103) |
| Original release | |
| Release | 14 October – 16 October 1973 |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
World on a Wire (German: Welt am Draht) is a 1973 West German science fiction television serial, starring Klaus Löwitsch and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Shot in 16 mm, it was made for West German television and originally aired in 1973 in ARD as a two-part miniseries. It was based on the 1964 novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye. An adaptation of the Fassbinder version was presented as the play World of Wires, directed by Jay Scheib, in 2012.[1]
Its focus is not on action, but on sophistic and philosophic aspects of the human mind, simulation, and the role of scientific research. A movie based on the same novel titled The Thirteenth Floor starring Craig Bierko was released in 1999.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (January 17, 2012). "Worlds Within Worlds Within Worlds. And a Duane Reade". The New York Times. Retrieved January 7, 2014.