Wittgenstein (1993)

Wittgenstein (1993)

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. 1993-03-26 Japan, United Kingdom 75 Min. PG-13
6.3 76 votes

Overview

Synopsis by theflixtor - 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.

Cast

Clancy Chassay is Young Wittgenstein
Young Wittgenstein
Karl Johnson is Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Michael Gough is Betrand Russell
Betrand Russell
Tilda Swinton is Lady Ottoline Morrell
Lady Ottoline Morrell
Nabil Shaban is Martian
Sally Dexter is Hermine Wittgenstein
Hermine Wittgenstein
Lynn Seymour is Lydia Lopokova
Lydia Lopokova
Jill Balcon is Leopoldine Wittgenstein
Leopoldine Wittgenstein
Gina Marsh is Gretyl Wittgenstein
Gretyl Wittgenstein
Vanya Del Borgo is Helene Wittgenstein
Helene Wittgenstein
Ben Scantlebury is Hans Wittgenstein
Hans Wittgenstein