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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.
Wittgenstein (1993) is a 1h 9min drama feature film by Derek Jarman. A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philoso...
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Festival History
- Queer Lisboa 2000 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 1993 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 1993 generic
- Vancouver International Film Festival 1993 generic
