7.7101 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestFred Stiller becomes convinced he is living in a simulation, causing everyone to question his sanity.
In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr. Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.
Direction
Fassbinder's blocked-in-a-phone-booth framing creates claustrophobic unease.
Cinematography
Gilded 70s interiors that age like a fever dream made physical.
Production
Lecture-hall futurism: beige computers and existential terror.
Creator
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Klaus Löwitsch
Fred Stiller
Mascha Rabben
Eva Vollmer
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
Herbert Siskins
Adrian Hoven
Professor Henry Vollmer
Ivan Desny
Günther Lause
Ingrid Caven
Secretary Uschi
Barbara Valentin
Gloria Fromm
Günter Lamprecht
Fritz Walfang
Margit Carstensen
Maya Schmidt-Genter
Wolfgang Schenck
Franz Hahn
Karl Scheydt
Inspector Stuhlfahrt
Elma Karlowa
Cafeteria Manager
Solange Pradel
Singer
Katrin Schaake
Computer Lab Assistant
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Hospital Orderly
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fassbinder made this between two masterpieces (Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul) as a TV commission, proving even his 'paycheck' work rewires your brain.
The Wachowskis screened this before Matrix; the red/blue pill DNA is here in Stiller's elevator descents between realities.
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