Wittgenstein

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Wittgenstein — Plot

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose principal interest was the nature and limits of language. A series of sketches depict the unfolding of his life from boyhood, through the era of the first World War, to his eventual Cambridge professorship and association with Bertrand Russell and John Maynard Keynes. The emphasis in these sketches is on the exposition of the ideas of Wittgenstein, a homosexual, and an intuitive, moody, proud, and perfectionistic thinker generally regarded as a genius.

• Release date
• March 26, 1993
• Runtime
• 72 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, Comedy
• Director
• Derek Jarman

Wittgenstein — Cast

Clancy Chassay Young Wittgenstein Karl Johnson Ludwig Wittgenstein Michael Gough Betrand Russell Tilda Swinton Lady Ottoline Morrell

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Kevin Collins Johnny Nabil Shaban Martian Sally Dexter Hermine Wittgenstein Lynn Seymour Lydia Lopokova