Wittgenstein

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

199372m6.4 (92)
DramaHistoryComedy

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.

Crew

Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman

Director

JL

Jan Latham-Koenig

Original Music Composer

TE

Terry Eagleton

Writer

JW

James Welland

Director of Photography

Derek Jarman

Derek Jarman

Writer

Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali

Producer

KB

Ken Butler

Writer

Cast

Clancy Chassay

Clancy Chassay

Young Wittgenstein

Karl Johnson

Karl Johnson

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Betrand Russell

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Lady Ottoline Morrell

KC

Kevin Collins

Johnny

Nabil Shaban

Nabil Shaban

Martian

Sally Dexter

Sally Dexter

Hermine Wittgenstein

Lynn Seymour

Lynn Seymour

Lydia Lopokova

Jill Balcon

Jill Balcon

Leopoldine Wittgenstein

GM

Gina Marsh

Gretyl Wittgenstein

VD

Vanya Del Borgo

Helene Wittgenstein

BS

Ben Scantlebury

Hans Wittgenstein

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