House of Wittgenstein: A Family at War

Paul Wittgenstein was the fourth son of the Jewish Austrian billionaire, Karl Wittgenstein, and his story is every bit as extraordinary as that of his family's. Three elder brothers had committed suicide, his younger brother, Ludwig, was the precocious but difficult philosopher, both his mother and wife were blind and his mentally unhinged son attempted to murder his wife with a carving knife. Against the unfolding drama of this dysfunctional family is the brooding backdrop of Austria during the upheaval of two world wars. Persecuted by the Nazis and plagued by madness, suicide and bitter betrayal the Wittgensteins could only stand and watch as their palace was destroyed by Allied bombs. This true story documents the dramatic fall of the phenomenally rish, extraordinarily talented and incredibly eccentric House of Wittgenstein.