Wittgenstein

In Theaters

March 26, 1993

Runtime: 1h 9m

Wittgenstein
EnglishDramaHistoryComedy

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 & Crew

  • 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

  • VB

    Vanya Del Borgo

    Helene Wittgenstein

  • BS

    Ben Scantlebury

    Hans Wittgenstein

  • HS

    Howard Sooley

    Kurt Wittgenstein

  • DR

    David Radzinowicz

    Rudolf Wittgenstein

  • JL

    Jan Latham-Koenig

    Paul Wittgenstein

  • John Quentin

    John Quentin

    John Maynard Keynes

  • LG

    Layla Alexander Garrett

    Sophie Janovskaya

  • DM

    Donald McInnes

    Hairdresser

  • Derek Jarman

    Derek Jarman

    Director

  • Derek Jarman

    Derek Jarman

    Writer

  • TE

    Terry Eagleton

    Writer

  • KB

    Ken Butler

    Writer

Media

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