Wittgenstein

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.

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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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Creators

Derek Jarman

director

Terry Eagleton

writer

Derek Jarman

writer

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Ken Butler

writer

Cast

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Clancy Chassay actor Karl Johnson actor Michael Gough actor Tilda Swinton actor

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Kevin Collins actor Nabil Shaban actor Sally Dexter actor

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Lynn Seymour actor

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Jill Balcon actor

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Gina Marsh actor

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Vanya Del Borgo actor

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Ben Scantlebury actor

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Howard Sooley actor

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David Radzinowicz actor Jan Latham-Koenig actor

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John Quentin actor

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Layla Alexander Garrett actor

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Donald McInnes actor

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Tony Peake actor

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Michelle Wade actor