Amadeus
“The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture.”
Director
Miloš Forman
Screenplay
Peter Shaffer
As an old man in an asylum, mediocre court composer Antonio Salieri confesses the poison of a lifelong obsession: his encounter with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a vulgar, giggling young prodigy whose effortless genius mocks Salieri's pious devotion. Consumed by envy, the elder composer sets out to destroy the very talent he alone can truly recognize. Milos Forman conducts this sumptuous period drama with wit and grandeur, letting Mozart's music swell through a story about mediocrity's torment before greatness, a lavish and profoundly human meditation on jealousy, faith and the cruelty of God-given gifts.
Release
Sep 19, 1984
Budget
$18M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$90M
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
Kenny Baker
Parody Commendatore
Barbara Bryne
Frau Weber
Roderick Cook
Count Von Strack
Richard Frank
Father Vogler
Philip Lenkowsky
Salieri's Servant
Cynthia Nixon
Lorl
Brian Pettifer
Hospital Attendant
Vincent Schiavelli
Salieri's Valet
Douglas Seale
Count Arco
Karl-Heinz Teuber
Wig Salesman
Samuel Ramey
Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Felicity Lott
Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Richard Stilwell
Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Isobel Buchanan
Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Anne Howells
Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Alexander Oliver
Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Robin Leggate
Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
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