The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Derek JarmanDirector
- Jan Latham-KoenigOriginal Music Composer
- Derek JarmanWriter
- Terry EagletonWriter
- Ken ButlerWriter
Cast
- Clancy ChassayYoung Wittgenstein
- Karl JohnsonLudwig Wittgenstein
- Michael GoughBetrand Russell
- Tilda SwintonLady Ottoline Morrell
- Kevin CollinsJohnny
- Nabil ShabanMartian
- Sally DexterHermine Wittgenstein
- Lynn SeymourLydia Lopokova
- Jill BalconLeopoldine Wittgenstein
- Gina MarshGretyl Wittgenstein
- Vanya Del BorgoHelene Wittgenstein
- Ben ScantleburyHans Wittgenstein