(Wittgenstein)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Japan,

United Kingdom

Genres:

Drama,

History,

Comedy

Runtime:

72 minutes

Year:

1993

Directors:

Derek Jarman

Production companies:

BFI,

Bandung Productions,

Channel 4 Television,

Uplink

Actors:

Young Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Betrand Russell

Lady Ottoline Morrell

Johnny

Crews:

Costume Design

Director

Original Music Composer

Writer

Director of Photography