I came to this TV Series backward. It started with a movie called "The Thirteenth Floor" (1999.) Then from there read the book "Simulacron-3" (1964) by Daniel F. Galouye. Then finally this film.
It was a little unnerving having to read English subtitles. Worse than that is this is a transliteration. The wording is juxtaposed and their inference is displayed and not a literal translation. It drove me crazy at first, as with the purposefully slow speech and very fundamental German you can pretty much keep up without the need of the subtitles except for a word or two now and then as Käsekuchen (cheesecake.) they speak southern German which makes it much easier to follow.
Soon you get used to occasionally looking at the subtitles and can enjoy the series as presented. It was made in 1973 but the people and cars and the environment look 10 years older.
I was surprised to see the main character, Fred Stiller, played by Klaus Löwitsch whom I recognized as Gustav Mackensen in "The ODESSA File" 1974, and Vlad (as Klaus Loewitsch) in "Gotcha!" 1985.
There is something strange in the neighborhood.
Günther Lauser (Chief of security at Cybernetics and Futurology) spoke of a "shattering discovery", and then disappeared in the middle of a conversation. But he never existed in the minds of most people.
Watch the mini-series and find out what is happening. You may even question your own existence.
It was a little unnerving having to read English subtitles. Worse than that is this is a transliteration. The wording is juxtaposed and their inference is displayed and not a literal translation. It drove me crazy at first, as with the purposefully slow speech and very fundamental German you can pretty much keep up without the need of the subtitles except for a word or two now and then as Käsekuchen (cheesecake.) they speak southern German which makes it much easier to follow.
Soon you get used to occasionally looking at the subtitles and can enjoy the series as presented. It was made in 1973 but the people and cars and the environment look 10 years older.
I was surprised to see the main character, Fred Stiller, played by Klaus Löwitsch whom I recognized as Gustav Mackensen in "The ODESSA File" 1974, and Vlad (as Klaus Loewitsch) in "Gotcha!" 1985.
There is something strange in the neighborhood.
Günther Lauser (Chief of security at Cybernetics and Futurology) spoke of a "shattering discovery", and then disappeared in the middle of a conversation. But he never existed in the minds of most people.
Watch the mini-series and find out what is happening. You may even question your own existence.