The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture.
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Amadeus (1984) is a drama, history and music film directed by Miloš Forman, released on September 19, 1984 with a runtime of 2h 40m. It stars F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge and Simon Callow. Viewers rate it 8.0 out of 10 across 4,903 ratings.
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F. Murray Abraham
as Antonio Salieri
Tom Hulce
as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Elizabeth Berridge
as Constanze Mozart
Simon Callow
as Emanuel Schikaneder
Roy Dotrice
as Leopold Mozart
Christine Ebersole
as Katerina Cavalieri
Jeffrey Jones
as Emperor Joseph II
Charles Kay
as Count Orsini-Rosenberg
Kenny Baker
as Parody Commendatore
Lisbeth Bartlett
as Papagena
Barbara Bryne
as Frau Weber
Martin Cavani
as Young Salieri
Directed by Miloš Forman, written by Peter Shaffer and Peter Shaffer, produced by Saul Zaentz.
Average viewer score of 8.0/10 from 4,903 ratings.
_**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 Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) and struggles with bitter envy. The story is told in flashback as Salieri shares it with a cleric decades later at an asylum. “Amadeus” (1984) is…
Reviewed on December 20, 2020
Rarely 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 astonishingly effective Tom Hulce). Abraham portrays the duplicitous, envious and malevolent Antonio Salieri, the court composer to Emperor Joseph II of Austria (Jeffery…
Reviewed on January 7, 2023
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The main cast of Amadeus (1984) includes F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow and Roy Dotrice. The film was directed by Miloš Forman. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Amadeus was released on September 19, 1984 and runs for 2h 40m.
Amadeus (1984) holds an average rating of 8.0 out of 10 from 4,903 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama, history and music films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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