The World beyond the World

Overview

'Thinking machines' and 'people thinking as machines' (super-computerprogrammers who have internalized computerese) are perhaps two of a kind. But clashes with the 'real world' are preprogrammed for these machines of flesh and blood. The film traces humankind's striving to discover itself again in its mechanical creations, from the effort to construct automatons in Switzerland some 200 years ago, to a pinnacle display of the 1980ies achievements: a robot playing Haydn's 'Genesis' at the World Expo in Japan.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 1, 1986

Original language

German

Spoken languages

german

Countries

Germany

Production

Oliver Herbrich Filmproduktion

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0236863