Poster for the movie "Amadeus"

Amadeus

...Everything you've heard is true

19842 h 40 minR
Overview

The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.

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Director Miloš Forman
Certification R
Runtime 2 h 40 min
Release Date 26 October 1984
Original Music Composer
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Movie Media DVD
Movie Format
Actors
Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones, Barbara Bryne, Cynthia Nixon, Douglas Seale, Charles Kay, Kenny Baker, Martin Cavina, Roderick Cook, Milan Demjanenko, Peter DiGesu, Patrick Hines, Nicholas Kepros, Philip Lenkowsky, Lisbeth Bartlett, Richard Frank, Herman Meckler, Jonathan Moore, Brian Pettifer, Vincent Schiavelli, John Strauss, Karl-Heinz Teuber, Miro Grisa, Karel Gult, Ladislav Krečmer, Karel Fiala, John Carrafa, Hana Brejchová, Miriam Chytilová, Karel Effa, René Gabzdyl, Karel Hábl, Jiří Krytinář, Jan Kuželka, Jiří Lír, Jitka Molavcová, Pavel Nový, Jan Pohan, Therese Herz, Ivan Pokorný, Milan Riehs, Dana Vávrová, June Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, Anne Howells, Robin Leggate, Felicity Lott, Alexander Oliver, Samuel Ramey, Richard Stilwell, John Tomlinson, Willard White, Michele Esposito, Zdeněk Mahler, Vladimír Svitáček

The movie makers described this as a “fantasy on the life of Mozart”, and they clearly increased the enmity between Mozart and Salieri beyond what’s historically accurate. But let’s face it, the music is the real reason to watch.