Directed by josef rusnak.
Is the 13th floor really missing.
The film stars craig bierko gretchen mol armin mueller stahl vincent d onofrio and dennis haysbert.
The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multi level building that is often omitted in countries where the number 13 is considered unlucky.
The main area where you will notice the difference when it comes to omission of the 13th floor is in the elevator.
So you needed a key to make the elevator stop on 13.
The thirteenth floor is a 1999 neo noir science fiction crime thriller film written and directed by josef rusnak and produced by roland emmerich it is loosely based upon simulacron 3 1964 a novel by daniel f.
A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.
A good example is that some have suggested the 13th floor in government buildings is not really missing but actually contains top secret governmental departments or more generally that it is proof of something sinister or clandestine going on.
I thought that was interesting in staying true to not having guests stay on a wrongly numbered floor 13th floor labeled as 14 still makes it the 13th floor.
Missing buttons in elevators.
The most common include denoting what would otherwise be considered the thirteenth floor as level 14 giving the thirteenth floor an alternate designation such as 12a or m the.
With craig bierko gretchen mol armin mueller stahl vincent d onofrio.