Summary A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), 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. View more details
Directed : Derek Jarman
Written : Derek Jarman Terry Eagleton Ken Butler
Stars : Clancy Chassay Jill Balcon Sally Dexter Gina Marsh
Genres : Comedy Drama Biography
Release date : Mar 25, 1993
Countries of origin : Japan United Kingdom
Language : English Russian
Production companies : Channel Four Films BFI Production Bandung Productions
Summary A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), 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. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama Biography
Release date : Mar 25, 1993
Countries of origin : Japan United Kingdom
Language : English Russian
Production companies : Channel Four Films BFI Production Bandung Productions
