| Description |
2 videodiscs (212 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
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digital optical mono rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 598 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 598.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1 ; NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; PCM mono. |
| Language |
German dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, 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, Lieselotte Eder, Heinz Meier, Peter Chatel, Rainer Hauer, Ernst Künsters, Elhedi Ben Salem, Karl Scheydt, Solange Pradel, Bruce Low, Elma Karlowa, Maryse Dellannoy, Werner Schroeter, Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Rainer Langhans, Corinna Brocher, Dora Karras-Frank, Katrin Schaake, Peter Gauhe, Christiane Maybach, Walter, Sedlmayr, Eddie Constantine |
| Credits |
Music, Gottfried Hüngsberg ; editors, Marie Anne Gerhardt, Ursula Elles ; directors of photography, Michael Ballhaus, Ullrich Prinz ; costume design, Gabriele Pillon ; production design, Kurt Raab, Horst Giese, Walter Koch. |
| Note |
Based on the novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye. |
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Booklet features an essay by film critic Ed Halter. |
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Originally produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for release on German television in 1973. |
| Summary |
The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy substituting simulations for reality. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Interview with Gerd Gemünden; Trailer. Disc 2: Fassbinder's "World on a wire": looking ahead to today (a 50 minute documentary by Juliane Lorenz). |
| Subject |
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Drama.
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Virtual reality -- Drama.
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Welt am Draht (Television program)
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Galouye, Daniel F. -- Television adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction television programs.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Television adaptations.
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Fiction television programs.
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Television programs -- Germany (West)
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Foreign language television programs -- German.
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| Added Author |
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, television director, screenwriter.
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Müller-Scherz, Fritz, screenwriter.
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Märthesheimer, Peter, 1937-2004, television producer.
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Wesemann, Alexander, television producer.
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Löwitsch, Klaus, 1936-2002, actor.
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Valentin, Barbara, 1940-2002, actor.
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Rabben, Mascha, actor.
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Vosgerau, Karl Heinz, 1927-2021 actor.
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Schenck, Wolfgang, actor.
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Lamprecht, Günter, 1930-2022 actor.
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Lommel, Ulli, actor.
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Hoven, Adrian, actor.
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Desny, Ivan, actor.
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Hansen, Joachim, 1931- actor.
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Raab, Kurt, 1941-1988, actor, production designer.
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Carstensen, Margit, 1940- actor.
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Caven, Ingrid, actor.
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John, Gottfried, 1942-2014, actor.
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Lenz, Rudolf, 1920-1987, actor.
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Chatel, Peter, -1986, actor.
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Ben Salem, El Hedi, actor.
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Scheydt, Karl, actor.
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Low, Bruce, 1913-1990, actor.
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Karlowa, Elma, 1932-1994, actor.
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Schroeter, Werner, 1945-2010, actor.
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Montezuma, Magdalena, 1943-1984, actor.
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Kaufmann, Christine, 1945- actor.
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Langhans, Rainer, 1940- actor.
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Schaake, Katrin, actor.
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Sedlmayr, Walter, actor.
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Constantine, Eddie, 1917-1993, actor.
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Hüngsberg, Gottfried, composer (expression)
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Gerhardt, Marie Anne, editor of moving image work.
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Elles, Ursula, editor of moving image work.
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Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017 director of photography.
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Prinz, Ullrich, director of photography.
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Pillon, Gabriele, costume designer.
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Giese, Horst, production designer.
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Koch, Walter, production designer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Galouye, Daniel F.
Simulacron-3.
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Halter, Ed, writer of added commentary.
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Gemünden, Gerd, 1959- interviewee.
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Lorenz, Juliane, film director.
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Janus Films, presenter.
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, presenter.
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk, broadcaster.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Note |
Title on container: World on a wire |
| ISBN |
9781604655469 |
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1604655461 |
| Standard No. |
715515092111 |
| Music No. |
CC2117D The Criterion Collection |
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