World on a Wire

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World on a Wire (Welt am Draht) is a German tv film by famed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder from 1973. World on a Wire is based on the novel "Simulacron-3" by Daniel F. Galouye. Another film version of Simulacron-3, under the title The Thirteenth Floor, was made in 1999.

Welt am Draht (1973)

The following weapons were used in the film World on a Wire:

Bolt Action Rifle

Fred Stiller (Klaus Löwitsch) takes a bolt action rifle.

Note the two trigger.

Winchester Model 61

Stillers rifle changes to a rifle that appears to be a Winchester Model 61.

Winchester Model 61, pre-war model with short forearm - .22 Short, .22 Long, .22 LR

MP 40

Several guards shooting their MP40s near the end.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

Cigarette Lighter

Fred Stiller (Klaus Löwitsch) gets a pistol in his hands. Although its just a lighter.