World on a wire Welt am Draht

DVD - 2012

The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy substituting simulations for reality.

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Subjects
Genres
Science fiction television programs
Made-for-TV movies
Fiction television programs
Feature films
Film adaptations
Television adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2012]
Language
German
English
Other Authors
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1945-1982 (television director), Fritz Müller-Scherz (screenwriter), Klaus Löwitsch, 1936-2002 (actor), Barbara Valentin, 1940-2002 (-), Mascha Rabben (interviewee), Karl Heinz Vosgerau, 1927-2021 (film director), Wolfgang Schenck, Günter Lamprecht, 1930-2022, Ulli Lommel, Adrian Hoven, Ivan Desny, Joachim Hansen, 1930-2007, Kurt Raab, 1941-1988, Margit Carstensen, 1940-2023, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, 1942-2014, Rudolf Lenz, 1920-1987, Peter Chatel, -1986, El Hedi Ben Salem, Karl Scheydt, Bruce Low, 1913-1990, Elma Karlowa, 1932-1994, Werner Schroeter, 1945-2010, Magdalena Montezuma, 1943-1984, Christine Kaufmann, 1945-2017, Rainer Langhans, 1940-, Katrin Schaake, Walter Sedlmayr, Eddie Constantine, 1917-1993, Daniel F. Galouye, Gerd Gemünden, 1959-, Juliane Lorenz
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen
Item Description
Based on the novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye.
Originally produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for release on German television in 1973.
Special features: Fassbinder's "World on a wire": looking ahead to today (a 50 minute documentary by Juliane Lorenz) ; interview with German film scholar Gerd Gemunden ; trailer for the 2010 theatrical release.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (212 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, (1.33:1) aspect ratio, PCM Mono.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editors, Marie Anne Gerhardt ; music by Gottfried Hünsberg.
ISBN
9781604655469
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