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Wittgenstein

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
Mar 26, 1993 · 1h 12m
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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.

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CAST

Clancy Chassay
Young Wittgenstein
Karl Johnson
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Michael Gough
Betrand Russell
Tilda Swinton
Lady Ottoline Morrell
Kevin Collins
Johnny
Nabil Shaban
Martian
Sally Dexter
Hermine Wittgenstein
Lynn Seymour
Lydia Lopokova
Directed by Derek Jarman

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
BFI, Bandung Productions, Channel 4 Television, Uplink
Country
GB

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