Welt am Draht (1973) (TV)

Note des utilisateurs:

8.2/10   

Réalisateur:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)
Daniel F. Galouye (novel)
(suite)

Release Date:

14 octobre 1973 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality...

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Virtual Reality | Cyberpunk | Based On Novel

Avis des utilisateurs:

Best movie I ever saw - why not on VHS, DVD?

Ensemble

Klaus Löwitsch	...	Fred Stiller
Barbara Valentin	...	Gloria Fromm
Mascha Rabben	...	Eva Vollmer, daughter of Henry Vollmer
Karl Heinz Vosgerau	...	Herbert Siskins
Wolfgang Schenck	...	Franz Hahn
Günter Lamprecht	...	Fritz Walfang
Ulli Lommel	...	Rupp, Journalist
Adrian Hoven	...	Professor Henry Vollmer
Ivan Desny	...	Guenther Lause, uncle of Eva Vollmer
Joachim Hansen	...	Hans Edelkern
Kurt Raab	...	Mark Holm
Margit Carstensen	...	Maya Schmidt-Gentner
Gottfried John	...	Einstein
Rudolf Lenz	...	Hartmann
Lilo Pempeit	...	Data typist (as Lieselotte Eder)
Heinz Meier	...	Von Weinlaub, secretary of state
Peter Chatel	...	Hirse, secretary of state
Rainer Hauer	...	Inspector Lehner
Ernst Küsters	...	Bodyguard
El Hedi ben Salem	...	Bodyguard (as Elhedi Ben Salem)
Karl Scheydt	...	Inspector Stuhlfahrt
Solange Pradel	...	Singer
Bruce Low	...	Doctor
Elma Karlowa	...	Keeper of Cafeteria
Maryse Dellanoy	...	Waitress at cafe
Werner Schroeter	...	Party guest
Magdalena Montezuma	...	Party guest
Christine Kaufmann	...	Party guest
Rainer Langhans	...	Rainer, waiter at party (as Rainer Langhanns)
Corinna Brocher	...	Employee
Dora Karras-Frank	...	Victim of assault on Stiller
Katrin Schaake	...	Computer lab assistant
Peter Gauhe	...	Informer
Christiane Maybach	...	Lady at the bar
Walter Sedlmayr	...	Janitor
Eddie Constantine	...	Man in Rolls Royce
Rudolf Waldemar Brem	...	Hospital orderly
Peter Kern	...	Hospital orderly
Karsten Peters	...	Guide at newspaper editors
Peter Moland	...	Employee
Doris Mattes	...	Employee
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Ingrid Caven	...	Uschi, journalist and Voice of Eva Vollmer (uncredited)
Wolfgang Hess	...	Bodyguard / Man in Rolls Royce (voice) (uncredited)
Arnold Marquis	...	Guenther Lause (voice) (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder		writer
Daniel F. Galouye		novel "Simulacron-3"
Fritz Müller-Scherz		writer

Produit par
Peter Märthesheimer	....	producer
Alexander Wesemann	....	producer

Musique originale
Gottfried Hüngsberg

Image
Michael Ballhaus
Ulrich Prinz

Montage
Ursula Elles
Marie Anne Gerhardt

Création des décors
Horst Giese
Walter Koch
Kurt Raab

Création des costumes
Gabriele Pillon

Maquillage
Norbert Gerwin	....	makeup artist
Rosemarie Schönartz	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Fred Ilgner	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Renate Leiffer	....	assistant director
Fritz Müller-Scherz	....	assistant director

Technicien du son
Hans Pampuch	....	sound
Ernst Thomas	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Winfried Staschau	....	video technician

Divers
Hans D. Adenacker	....	location manager
Marcel Mossotti	....	location manager
Wolfgang von der Ruhr	....	location manager (as Wolfgang v. d. Ruhr)

Production Companies

• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Other Companies

• Alcazar de Paris  thanks
• Club St. Hilaire  thanks
• IBM  thanks
• Martini  thanks
• Parly II  thanks
• Siemens AG  thanks
• Trianon-Hotel Versailles  thanks

Autre(s) titre(s) :

World on Wires
World on a Wire
Monde sur le fil, Le (France) [fr]

Durée:

205 min (2 parts)

Pays:

West Germany

Langue:

Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Son:

Mono

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: 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.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Best movie I ever saw - why not on VHS, DVD?

One of the best movies I ever saw - a classic "Matrix" movie. For many years, I have been trying to get it on VHS or DVD - to no avail. The German movie/TV industry still prefers to let valuable cultural contributions (and this is Fassbinder, after all!) rot away and collect dust in some archive rather than distribute it commercially (and make a lot of money with it if that is what stimulates them instead of the promotion of creative thinking). Though, the WDR once told me if I paid DM 200.00 to check the copyright (non-reimbursable), and then DM 8 per minute of copying, plus the cost for the materials, then they will consider preparing a (single!) copy for me. Some way to sell something! The same problem we have with many other TV movies or series like "So weit die Füße tragen", "Sonntagseltern", "Kellerkinder", and others. Excellent TV series - never to be heard of again. Germany, wake up!

UPDATE from March 2007: Last year, I finally could get a DVD copy from the "Mittschnittservice" of the WDR for about 50+ Euro. Great!