Wittgenstein (1993)

UK:: 12 Drama History

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.

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Runtime: 75 mins Rating: 6.7 Tag Line: If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Cast

Tilda Swinton

Lady Ottoline Morrell

Michael Gough

Betrand Russell

Karl Johnson

Ludwig Wittgenstein

John Quentin

John Maynard Keynes

Sally Dexter

Hermine Wittgenstein

Roger Cook

Tutor

Nabil Shaban

Martian

Kevin Collins

Johnny