---
title: 'The Thirteenth Floor (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Josef Rusnak'
released: '1999-04-16'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thirteenth-floor-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

1999 · 100 min · Fantasy, Science Fiction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction film written and directed by Josef Rusnak and produced by Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment. Loosely based on Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 novel, Simulacron-3, it is a remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1973 miniseries World on a Wire. The film stars Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert. In 2000, The Thirteenth Floor was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film but lost to The Matrix.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Josef Rusnak](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-rusnak)
- **Screenplay:** [Josef Rusnak](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-rusnak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Harald Kloser](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-kloser)
- **Producer:** [Roland Emmerich](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-emmerich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wedigo von Schultzendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/wedigo-von-schultzendorff)
- **Editor:** [Henry Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-richardson)

## Cast

- [Tia Texada](https://cinepixo.com/people/tia-texada)
- [Dennis Haysbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-haysbert)
- [Brad William Henke](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-william-henke)
- [Gretchen Mol](https://cinepixo.com/people/gretchen-mol)
- [Will Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wallace)
- [Johnny Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-crawford)
- [Alison Lohman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-lohman)
- [Shiri Appleby](https://cinepixo.com/people/shiri-appleby)
- [Brooks Almy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brooks-almy)
- [Ernie Lively](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernie-lively)
- [Vincent D'Onofrio](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-d-onofrio)
- [Hadda Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/hadda-brooks)
- [Craig Bierko](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-bierko)
- [Rif Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/rif-hutton)
- [Janet MacLachlan](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-maclachlan)

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