Wittgenstein (1993)
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
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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Clancy ChassayYoung Wittgenstein
Karl JohnsonLudwig Wittgenstein
Michael GoughBetrand Russell
Tilda SwintonLady Ottoline MorrellKevin CollinsJohnny
Nabil ShabanMartian
Sally DexterHermine Wittgenstein
Lynn SeymourLydia Lopokova
Jill BalconLeopoldine WittgensteinGina MarshGretyl WittgensteinVanya Del BorgoHelene WittgensteinBen ScantleburyHans WittgensteinKeywords
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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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Wittgenstein has a runtime of 75 minutes.
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