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.
Stills
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Cast
Clancy Chassay Young Wittgenstein
Karl Johnson Ludwig Wittgenstein
Michael Gough Betrand Russell
Tilda Swinton Lady Ottoline Morrell Kevin Collins Johnny
Nabil Shaban Martian
Sally Dexter Hermine Wittgenstein
Lynn Seymour Lydia Lopokova
Jill Balcon Leopoldine Wittgenstein Gina Marsh Gretyl Wittgenstein
Vanya Del Borgo Helene Wittgenstein
Ben Scantlebury Hans Wittgenstein
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