Wittgenstein (1993)

	Karl Johnson	Ludwig Wittgenstein (adult)
	Clancy Chassay	Ludwig Wittgenstein (young)
	Jill Balcon	Leopoldine Wittgenstein
	Sally Dexter	Hermine Wittgenstein
	Gina Marsh	Gretyl Wittgenstein
	Vanya Del Borgo	Helene Wittgenstein (as Vania Del Borgo)
	Michael Gough	Bertrand Russell
	John Quentin	John Maynard Keynes
	Tilda Swinton	Lady Ottoline Morrell
	Kevin Collins	Johnny (Wittgenstein's lover)
	Nabil Shaban	Martian
	Lynn Seymour	Lydia Lopokova
	Donald McInnes	Hairdresser
	Ben Scantiebury	Hans Wittgenstein
	Howard Sooley	Kurt Wittgenstein
	David Radzinowicz	Rudolf Wittgenstein
	Jan Latham-Koenig	Paul Wittgenstein
	Tony Peake	Tutor
	Michelle Wade	Tutor
	Tanya Wade	Tutor
	Roger Cook	Tutor
	Anna Campeau	Tutor
	Mike O'Pray	Tutor
	Hussein McGraw	Prisoner

Director

Derek Jarman

Producer

Tariq Ali

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), 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.

Edition Details
Edition	Special Edition
Release Date	2008
No. of Discs/Tapes	1

Personal Details
Purchase Date	7/29/2017
Location	Personal Library
Owner	Deitz
Store	Amazon.com
Purchase Price	$32.58
Condition	New
Links	+ Review: Jim Clark + Review: Gay Celluloid + Review: NY Times (Janet Maslin, 1993) ‡ Gay Influence ‡ Guardian: Lost archive shows Wittgenstein in a new light ‡ Film Segment ‡ Film Clip: TV Guide Wittgenstein at Core for Movies IMDB TheMovieDb.org

Both Richard and I liked this film· Richard was a bit of a Wittgenstein groupie when he was in college, and pointed out various details of Wittgenstein's life placed by Jarman into the film but that one unfamiliar with Wittgenstein probably would not have noticed· "Johnny" identified in the film as Wittgenstein's lover was played by Kevin Collins, Jarman's partner· For a while, John Maynard Keyes and Wittgenstein shared a lover (Keynes was bisexual and sexually prolific)· Wittgenstein had several serious affairs with men – including mathematics student David Pinsent, philosopher Frank Ramsey, the much-younger medical student Ben Richards, and architect Francis Skinner·
The costuming and cinematography are spectacular.