Abstract: The invention relates to the field of materials sciences and relates to a method such as can be used, for example, for producing molded articles from metallic glasses. The object of the present invention lies in disclosing a method and an apparatus in which a good mold filling during casting is achieved in addition to high cooling rates. The object is attained by a method in which a metal-containing melt is introduced into an electrically conducting casting mold, the metal-containing melt and the mold being connected in an electrically conducting manner to the outputs of the same voltage source during the introduction into a casting mold, so that a preset current flows through the boundary interface between the melt and the mold. The object is furthermore attained through an apparatus in which there is an electrically conducting connection to a voltage source between a metal-containing melt and an electrically conducting mold for the melt.