Wittgenstein

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.

Genres:

Drama, History, Comedy

Release:

Mar 26, 1993

Production:

BFI , Bandung Productions , Film4 Productions

Casts:

Clancy Chassay, Karl Johnson, Michael Gough, Tilda Swinton, Kevin Collins, Nabil Shaban, Sally Dexter, Lynn Seymour, Jill Balcon, Gina Marsh, Vanya Del Borgo, Ben Scantlebury, Howard Sooley, David Radzinowicz, Jan Latham-Koenig, John Quentin, Layla Alexander Garrett, Donald McInnes, Tony Peake, Michelle Wade, Tanya Wade, Christopher Hughes, Roger Cook, Anna Campeau, Mike O'Pray, Hussein McGraw, Budge Tremlett, Aisling Magill, Perry Kadir, Ashley Russell, Stuart Bennett, David Mansell, Steven Downes, Peter Fillingham, Fayez Samara, Samantha Cones, Kate Temple, Sarah Graham