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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.
Theatrical
Sep 17, 1993
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 24, 2008
Director
Derek Jarman
Producers
Tariq Ali, Ben Gibson, Takashi Asai
Music
Jan Latham-Koenig
Studio
BFI, Bandung Productions, Film4 Productions
Cast
Full credits →C
Clancy Chassay
Young Wittgenstein
K
Karl Johnson
Ludwig Wittgenstein
M
Michael Gough
Betrand Russell
T
Tilda Swinton
Lady Ottoline Morrell
K
Kevin Collins
Johnny
N
Nabil Shaban
Martian
S
Sally Dexter
Hermine Wittgenstein
L
Lynn Seymour
Lydia Lopokova
J
Jill Balcon
Leopoldine Wittgenstein
J
John Quentin
John Maynard Keynes
D
Donald McInnes
Hairdresser
M
Michelle Wade
Tutor
C
Christopher Hughes
Prisoner
B
Budge Tremlett
Prisoner
A
Ashley Russell
Student
D
David Mansell
Student
K
Kate Temple
Cyclist
S
Sarah Graham
Cyclist
