The World beyond the World
1986, German. Directed by Oliver Herbrich.
'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.
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- 0h 44m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 June 1986
- Original title
- Die Welt jenseits der Welt
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Oliver Herbrich
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The World beyond the World runs 44 minutes (0h 44m).
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The World beyond the World isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 June 1986. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The World beyond the World?
The World beyond the World (1986) was directed by Oliver Herbrich and stars Oliver Herbrich.