Rent World on a Wire (1973)
3.6 of 5 from 90 ratings
3h 24min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Simulacron 1 is a highly advanced project, designed to elevate conventional computer technology to a new level by creating a virtual reality inhabited by computer-generated people of 'identity units'. When the head of the project dies mysteriously after showing signs of mental disturbance, Dr. Stiller (Klaus Löwitsch) becomes his successor. However, Stiller also begins to behave bizarrely. He speaks of people disappearing whom no one else knows, believes someone is trying to murder him and had nausea attacks. As he begins to probe deeper into Simulacron, the line between the real and virtual world becomes increasingly blurred and his own existence is questioned.
- Actors:
- Mascha Rabben, Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Karl Heinz Vosgerau, Wolfgang Schenck, Günter Lamprecht, Ulli Lommel, Adrian Hoven, Ivan Desny, Joachim Hansen, Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Rudolf Lenz, Lilo Pempeit, Heinz Meier, Peter Chatel, Rainer Hauer, Ernst Küsters
- Directors:
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Producers:
- Peter Märthesheimer, Alexander Wesemann
- Voiced By:
- Wolfgang Hess, Arnold Marquis
- Writers:
- Daniel F. Galouye, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Aka:
- Welt am Draht
- Studio:
- Second Sight Films Ltd.
- Genres:
- TV Classics, TV Crimes, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 European Remakes, Top Films
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/02/2019
- Run Time:
- 204 minutes
- Languages:
- German LPCM 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- No Strings Attached - an interview with assistarit director Renate Leiffer
- Observing Fassbinder - a tribute to photographer Peter Gauhe
- Looking Ahead to Today documentary
- On-set featurette
- Original Broadcast Recap
- The Simulation Argument - an interview with Professor Nick Bostrom
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Part 1
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
2. Part 2
- Special Features
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Reviews (1) of World on a Wire
Weird, striking, awesomely original. - World on a Wire review by BS
Paranoid and inventive take on the concept of virtual reality. If you love Kubrick's greats and Philip K Dick, this will feel like some sort of pilgrimage. It should be a cornerstone of any study around dystopia and science fiction in the way Metropolis is.
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