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Amadeus (6-Sep-1984)
Director: Milos Forman Writer: Peter Shaffer From a play: Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Producer: Saul Zaentz Keywords: Drama, Biography Life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as told in confessional flashback through the eyes of lesser rival Antonio Salieri. Referring to Mozart as "The Creature" -- a young man to whom boundless talent seemed to come effortlessly, Salieri's own struggles merely achieve mediocrity. Liberally sprinkled with historical inaccuracies, most particularly involving Mozart's early death. Won 8 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor; received 3 nominations including Best Cinematography and a 2nd for Best Actor.
CAST | F. Murray Abraham | ... Antonio Salieri | | Tom Hulce | ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | Elizabeth Berridge | ... Constanze Mozart | | | Simon Callow | ... Emanuel Schikaneder | | Roy Dotrice | ... Leopold Mozart | | Christine Ebersole | ... Katerina Cavalieri | | Jeffrey Jones | ... Emperor Joseph II | | Charles Kay | ... Count Orsini-Rosenberg | | Kenneth McMillan | ... Michael Schlumberg | | | Kenny Baker | ... Parody Commendatore | | Lisabeth Bartlett | ... Papagena | | Barbara Bryne | ... Frau Weber | | Martin Cavani | ... Young Salieri | | Roderick Cook | ... Count Von Strack | | Milan Demjanenko | ... Karl Mozart | | Peter DiGesu | ... Francesco Salieri | | Michele Esposito | ... Salieri's Student | | Richard Frank | ... Fr. Vogler | | Patrick Hines | ... Kappelmeister Bonno | | Nicholas Kepros | ... Archbishop Colloredo | | Philip Lenkowsky | ... Salieri's Servant | | Herman Meckler | ... Priest | | Jonathan Moore | ... Baron Van Swieten | | Cynthia Nixon | ... Lorl | | Brian Pettifer | ... Hospital Attendant | | Vincent Schiavelli | ... Salieri's Valet | | Douglas Seale | ... Count Arco | | Miroslav Sekera | ... Young Mozart | | Cassie Stewart | ... Gertrude Schlumberg | | John Strauss | ... Conductor | | Karl-Heinz Teuber | ... Wig Salesman | | Rita Zohar | ... Frau Schlumberg | | | The Marriage of Figaro -- Solos Acted by | | Miro Grisa | ... Figaro | | Helena Cihelnikova | ... Countess | | Karel Gult | ... Count Almaviva | | Zuzana Kadlecova | ... Susanna | | Magda Celakovska | ... Cherubino | | Slavena Drasilova | ... Barbarina | | Eva Senkova | ... Marcellina | | Leos Kratochvil | ... Basilio | | Gino Zeman | ... Don Curzio | | Janoslav Mikulin | ... Dr. Bartolo | | Ladislav Kretschmer | ... Antonio | | | The Marriage of Figaro -- Solos Sung by | | Samuel Ramey | ... Figaro | | Felicity Lott | ... Countess | | Richard Stilwell | ... Count Almaviva | | Isabel Buchanan | ... Susanna | | Anne Howells | ... Cherubino | | Deborah Rees | ... Barbarina | | Patricia Payne | ... Marcellina | | Alexander Oliver | ... Basilio | | Robin Leggate | ... Don Curzio | | John Tomlinson | ... Dr. Bartolo | | Willard White | ... Antonio | | | Don Giovanni -- Solos Acted by | | Karel Fiala | ... Don Giovanni | | Jan Blazek | ... Commendatore | | Zdenek Jelen | ... Leporello | | | Don Giovanni -- Solos Sung by | | Richard Stilwell | ... Don Giovanni | | John Tomlinson | ... Commendatore | | Willard White | ... Leporello | | | Axur -- Solo Acted by | | Christine Ebersole | ... Cavalieri | | | Axur -- Solo Sung by | | Suzanne Murphy | ... Cavalieri | | | Abduction from the Seraglio -- Solo Acted by | | Christine Ebersole | ... Constanza | | | Abduction from the Seraglio -- Solo Sung by | | Suzanne Murphy | ... Constanza | | | The Magic Flute -- Solos Acted by | | Milada Cechalova | ... Queen of the Night | | Simon Callow | ... Papageno | | Lisabeth Bartlett | ... Papagena | | | The Magic Flute -- Solos Sung by | | June Anderson | ... Queen of the Night | | Brian Kay | ... Papageno | | Gillian Fisher | ... Papagena | | | The Dancers | | John Carrafa | ... Dancer | | Sara Clifford | ... Dancer | | Richard Colton | ... Dancer | | Shelley Freydont | ... Dancer | | Anne Glasner | ... Dancer | | Barbara Hoom | ... Dancer | | Mary Kellogg | ... Dancer | | Raymond Kurshals | ... Dancer | | John Malashock | ... Dancer | | Jennifer Rawe | ... Dancer | | Thomas Rawe | ... Dancer | | William Whitener | ... Dancer | | | Czechoslovakian Actors | | Hana Brejchova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Miriam Chytilova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Karel Effa | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Radka Fiedlerova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Rene Gabzdyl | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Karel Habl | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Atka Janouskova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Marta Jarolimkova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Gabriela Krckova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Vladimir Krousky | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jir� Krytinar | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Radka Kucharova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jan Kuzelka | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jiri Lir | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Lenka Loubalova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Dagmar Maskova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Ladislav Mikes | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jitka Molavcova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jana Musilova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Vojtech Nalezenec | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Pavel Novy | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jiri Opsatko | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jan Pohan | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Tereza Pokorna | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Ivan Pokorny | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Milan Riehs | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Iva Sebkova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Zdenek Sklenar | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Renata Vackova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Jiri Vancura | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Dana Vavrova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Petra Vogelova | ... Czechoslovakian Actor | | Josef Zeman | ... Czechoslovakian Actor |
REVIEWS Review by Dan R. VanLandingham (posted on 22-Apr-2008) I had heard of this movie some 20 years before but never
saw it when it came out in 1984.I found it about ten years b-
efore at some flea market or thrift store in either Coos Bay
or North Bend,Oregon.A few years ago I was in a flea market just a mile south of where I am currently living and found the
"Director's Cut" version.This is the version I kept in my col-
lection of VHS videotape.
This movie was one of the better music bios I've seen th-
ough I did find some discrepancies regarding the relationship
of Mozart and Antonio Salieri played by F.Murray Abraham.
While in high school,my band director Dick Brown told me
that Mozart was indeed poisoned according to a book he had in
his collection.The death mask shown in the book was supposed to
be "proof" of his death.All of the books I've read in the last
40 years point to typhus as being the actual cause.Shades of
Peter Tschaikowsky.
While watching this movie,Peter Shaffer introduces the viewer to both Mozart and Salieri.Mozart is supposed to be con
ducting one of his compositions.Instead,he is chasing some bu-
xom around a room.Unbeknownst to him,Salieri is watching the
whole affair.You are alluded to this scene from the first where
Salieri is confined to a mental instutution.Why a mental instu-
tion?He believes that he alone is responsible for Mozart's dea-th.The cause of death being poisoning not Typhus.
Salieri,as a young boy growing up in Italy,wants to be a
musician.His father(typical of the times)will not hear of it.
Salieri prays.One afternoon the Salieris sit down for a meal.
Suddenly,Signore Salieri starts to choke on his food.He dies.
To the young Antonio Salieri,God has "answered" his fervant
prayers and he gets his schooling in music.In an era where
musicians were nothing less than chattel(as far as royalty was
concerned),he succeeds and winds up as "Court Composer".Salie-
ri,unfortunately,was not the calibre of,say,a Johann Sebastian
Bach,a Franz Josef Haydn or even a Mozart.Coming away from th-
is first meeting,Salieri begins to believe that God "answered"
his prayers to be a musician/composer but gives him a smaller
measure of talent.He truly believes that Mozart is "God's Ins-
rument" and from that moment on,he is hell bent on seeing that
Mozart is destroyed.
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