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Welt am Draht (1973) (TV)
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14 October 1973 (West Germany)
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Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality...
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A predecessor to "The Matrix"?
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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) |
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205 min (2 parts)
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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.
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References The Third Man (1949)
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Is it possible that the Wachowski brothers knew "Welt am Draht"? That they took the concept of a 'puppet inside a puppet' for "The Matrix" too? The end of "Matrix Reloaded" (2nd Movie, the third is still not out while I am writing this) tells us what the "real world" in Matrix will be: another Matrix :-)