
1 Season
2 Episode
World on a Wire
What world do we live in? Is it real?
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.
- Year: 1973
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
- Studio: Das Erste
- Keyword: based on novel or book, simulation, super computer, simulated reality , computer program, virtual reality, dystopia, computer simulation, miniseries, cyberpunk, human–computer interaction, brain-computer interface
- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast: Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Adrian Hoven, Ivan Desny, Ingrid Caven





















