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If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. - Wittgenstein
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Title: Wittgenstein

Release Date: 26 Mar 1993

Runtime: 1h 15m

Genre: Drama, History, Comedy

Director: BFI, Bandung Productions, Film4 Productions

Production Companies: BFI, Bandung Productions, Film4 Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (76 votes)

Cast

  • Young Wittgenstein: Clancy Chassay
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein: Karl Johnson
  • Betrand Russell: Michael Gough
  • Lady Ottoline Morrell: Tilda Swinton
  • Johnny: Kevin Collins
  • Martian: Nabil Shaban
  • Hermine Wittgenstein: Sally Dexter
  • Lydia Lopokova: Lynn Seymour
  • Leopoldine Wittgenstein: Jill Balcon
  • Gretyl Wittgenstein: Gina Marsh
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