Wittgenstein (1993)
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Derek Jarman directed this witty, stylish biography of the life of the eccentric 20th-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (Karl Johnson). Wittgenstein is shown as a boy living a repressive youth, demonstrated by his family appearing in Roman togas. When Wittgenstein leaves to study under Bertrand Russell at Cambridge, he begins to investigate language and apply the strictures and constructs of language to philosophical study. The subject of Wittgenstein's homosexuality is depicted when, after World War I, he falls in love with a poor philosophy student, Johnny (Kevin Collins). Also portrayed is Wittgenstein's death at an early age from prostate cancer. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Karl Johnson - Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Tilda Swinton - Ottoline Morrell
- Kevin Collins - Johnny
- Nabil Shaban - Martian
- Jill Balcon - Leopoldine Wittgenstein
- Perry - Model
- Michael Gough - Bertrand Russell
- John Quentin - John Maynard Keynes
- Clancy Chassay - Young Wittgenstein
- Lynn Seymour - Lydia Lopokova
- Anna Campeau
- Roger Cook - Tutor
- Director(s):
- Derek Jarman
- Writer(s):
- Ken Butler, Derek Jarman
- Producer(s):
- Ben Gibson
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