Wittgenstein (1993)

  • NR
  • 09/17/1993 (US)
  • Drama, History, Comedy
  • 1h 15m

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

Overview

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.

Derek Jarman

Director, Writer

Terry Eagleton

Writer

Ken Butler

Writer

Cast

Clancy Chassay's headshot

Clancy Chassay

Young Wittgenstein
Karl Johnson's headshot

Karl Johnson

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Michael Gough's headshot

Michael Gough

Betrand Russell
Tilda Swinton's headshot

Tilda Swinton

Lady Ottoline Morrell
Kevin Collins's headshot

Kevin Collins

Johnny
Nabil Shaban's headshot

Nabil Shaban

Martian
Sally Dexter's headshot

Sally Dexter

Hermine Wittgenstein
Lynn Seymour's headshot

Lynn Seymour

Lydia Lopokova

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