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.
Wittgenstein
“If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.”
Overview
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.
Director
Derek Jarman
Status
Released
Production
BFI, Bandung Productions, Film4 Productions
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
Jill Balcon
Leopoldine Wittgenstein
Gina Marsh
Gretyl Wittgenstein
Vanya Del Borgo
Helene Wittgenstein
Ben Scantlebury
Hans Wittgenstein
Howard Sooley
Kurt Wittgenstein
David Radzinowicz
Rudolf Wittgenstein
Jan Latham-Koenig
Paul Wittgenstein
John Quentin
John Maynard Keynes
Layla Alexander Garrett
Sophie Janovskaya
Donald McInnes
Hairdresser
Tony Peake
Tutor
Michelle Wade
Tutor
Tania Wade
Tutor
Christopher Hughes
Prisoner
Roger Cook
Tutor
Anna Campeau
Tutor
Mike O'Pray
Tutor
Hussein McGraw
Prisoner
Budge Tremlett
Prisoner
Aisling Magill
Schoolgirl
Perry Kadir
Artist's Model
Ashley Russell
Student
Stuart Bennett
Student
David Mansell
Student
Steven Downes
Student
Peter Fillingham
Student
Fayez Samara
Student
Samantha Cones
Cyclist
Kate Temple
Cyclist
Sarah Graham
Cyclist
Video Gallery
Wittgenstein: This is a very pleasant pineapple
