Story Line
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
“The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture.”
Top 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
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Rating
8.0/ 10
Release Date
1984-09-19
Runtime
2h 40m
Genres
HistoryMusicDrama
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User Reviews (2)
Wuchak
8/10
•12/20/2020_**Lively costume biography about Mozart’s last nine years in Austria**_
Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) is a competent but mediocre composer in Vienna, Austria, in the late 1700s. He recognizes the God-given genius of the younger Wolfgang Ama...
CinemaSerf
8/10
•1/7/2023Rarely can I think of a more worthy multi-award winning performance than that from F. Murray Abraham in this masterfully crafted - if entirely speculative - retrospective on the life and times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (portrayed here by the astonis...