Wittgenstein
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
69 mins
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.
Kevin Collins
Johnny
Gina Marsh
Gretyl Wittgenstein
Vanya Del Borgo
Helene Wittgenstein
Ben Scantlebury
Hans Wittgenstein
Howard Sooley
Kurt Wittgenstein
David Radzinowicz
Rudolf Wittgenstein
Jan Latham-Koenig
Paul Wittgenstein
Layla Alexander Garrett
Sophie Janovskaya
Donald McInnes
Hairdresser
Tony Peake
Tutor
Michelle Wade
Tutor
Christopher Hughes
Prisoner
Roger Cook
Tutor
Anna Campeau
Tutor
Mike O'Pray
Tutor
Hussein McGraw
Prisoner
Budge Tremlett
Prisoner
Aisling Magill
Schoolgirl
Perry Kadir
Artist's Model
Stuart Bennett
Student
David Mansell
Student
Steven Downes
Student
Peter Fillingham
Student
Fayez Samara
Student
Samantha Cones
Cyclist
Kate Temple
Cyclist
Sarah Graham
Cyclist
Jan Latham-Koenig
Original Music Composer
Terry Eagleton
Writer
James Welland
Director of Photography
Budge Tremlett
Editor
Ben Gibson
Executive Producer
Ken Butler
Writer