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O Mundo no Arame 

Welt am Draht (original title)
M/12 | | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi | TV Mini-Series (1973– )
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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, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His ... See full summary »

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Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben | See full cast & crew »
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Klaus Löwitsch ...  Fred Stiller unknown episodes
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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, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. A good friend, Guenther Lause, disappears in the middle of a conversation and a week later nobody has ever heard of him. And those fits of dizzyness - Stiller cannot believe himself to be fool. There has to be an explanation for all this. Could Simulacron have something to do with it? Written by Oliver Heidelbach

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future | computer | mysterious death | cybernetics | research institute | See All (26) »

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Crime | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Certificate:

M/12 | See all certifications »

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Country:

West Germany

Language:

German | English

Release Date:

17 November 2011 (Portugal) See more »

Also Known As:

O Mundo no Arame See more »

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany See more »
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Budget:

DEM950,000 (estimated)
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

Hanna Schygulla was offered the role of Eva Vollmer but she declined. See more »

Goofs

In the beginning of Part 1 around the 7:10 mark as the camera does a long pull away from Professor Vollmer and Lause, a crewman's (possibly the camera operator) shoe can be seen reflected in the mirrored pedestal with the bust on top of it in the right hand bottom corner of the screen. See more »

Quotes

Professor Henry Vollmer: [Holding up a mirror to von Weinlaub] What do you see? Please, please, what do you see? Let me help you, Mr.?
Von Weinlaub, secretary of state: Von Weinlaub
Professor Henry Vollmer: Alright. von Weinlaub. You are nothing more than the image others have made of you. That's all.
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Connections

References Alphaville (1965) See more »

Soundtracks

Olé Guapa
Music: Aari Maasland Malando
Performed by Alfred Hause and His Orchestra
(P) 1960 Polydor
Courtesy Universal Music Domestic Division
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A predecessor to "The Matrix"?
30 May 2003 | by IMDB-2174 – See all my reviews

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 :-)
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