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Amadeus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.

Director

Milos Forman

Year

Genre

history, music, drama

Box Office

$51,973,029

Production

The Saul Zaentz Company

Awards

Won 8 Oscars. 43 wins & 15 nominations total

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Antonio Salieri

F. Murray Abraham

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Constanze Mozart

Elizabeth Berridge

Leopold Mozart

Emanuel Schikaneder

Katerina Cavalieri

Christine Ebersole

Emperor Joseph II

Count Orsini-Rosenberg

Michael Schlumberg (2002 Director's Cut)

Kenneth McMillan

Parody Commendatore

Papagena (as Lisabeth Bartlett)

Lisbeth Bartlett

Frau Weber

Young Salieri (as Martin Cavani)

Count Von Strack

Karl Mozart

Milan Demjanenko

Francesco Salieri

Father Vogler

Kappelmeister Bonno

Archbishop Colloredo

Nicholas Kepros

Salieri's Servant

Philip Lenkowsky

Priest

Baron Van Swieten

Lorl

Hospital Attendant

Salieri's Valet

Vincent Schiavelli

Count Arco

Young Mozart

Miroslav Sekera

Gertrude Schlumberg (2002 Director's Cut) (as Cassie Stewart)

Conductor

Wig Salesman

Karl-Heinz Teuber

Frau Schlumberg (2002 Director's Cut)

Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Helena Cihelnikova

Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Zuzana Kadlecova

Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Magda Celakovska

Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Slavena Drasilova

Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Leos Kratochvil

Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (as Jarolsav Mikulin)

Janoslav MikulÃn

Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (as Ladislav Kretschmer)

Ladislav Krecmer

Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni'

Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni'

Leporello in 'Don Giovanni'

Queen of the Night in 'The Magic Flute'

Milada Cechalova

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Shelley Freydont

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Raymond Kurshals

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer (as Thomas Rawe)

Dancer

William Whitener

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Hana Brejchova)

Hana BrejchovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Miriam Chytilova)

Miriam ChytilovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Radka Fiedlerova)

Radka FiedlerovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Karel Habl)

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Atka Janouskova)

Atka JanouskovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor

Marta Jarolimkova

Czechoslovakian Actor

Gabriela Krckova

Czechoslovakian Actor

Vladimir Krousky

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Jiri Krtinar)

JirÃ KrytinÃ¡r

Czechoslovakian Actor

Radka Kucharova

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Lenka Loubalova)

Lenka LoubalovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Dagmar Maskov)

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Jitka Molavcova)

Jitka MolavcovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor

Jana MusilovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor

Vojtech Nalezenec

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Pavel Novy)

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Tereza Pokorna)

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Ivan Pokorny)

Ivan PokornÃ½

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor (as Dana Vavrova)

Dana VÃ¡vrovÃ¡

Czechoslovakian Actor

Czechoslovakian Actor

Queen of the Night in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Isobel Buchanan

Salieri's Student

Michele Esposito

Papagena in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Papageno in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Cardinal

Cavalieri in 'Axur' / Constanza in 'Abduction from the Seraglio' (singing voice)

Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Alexander Oliver

Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro' / Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

Richard Stilwell

Pope Clement

VladimÃr SvitÃ¡cek

Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro' / Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' / Leporello in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

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Antonio Salieri Father Vogler Constanze Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Emperor Joseph Ii Count Von Strack Emanuel Schikaneder Count Orsini-rosenberg Baron Van Swieten Archbishop Colloredo Dancer Katerina Cavalieri Leopold Mozart

Mozart! - Amadeus

Mozart, pieta! - Amadeus

All right, that's enough! - Amadeus

All right, that's enough!

Signore, if you don't open this door... - Amadeus

Signore, if you don't open this door...

I cannot leave alone a soul in pain. - Amadeus

I cannot leave alone a soul in pain.

All men are equal in god's eyesAre they - Amadeus

All men are equal in god's eyesAre they

Are they? - Amadeus

I can offer you god's forgiveness. - Amadeus

I can offer you god's forgiveness.

I know a little. - Amadeus

I know a little.

I can't say that I do. - Amadeus

I can't say that I do.

This one brought down the house when we played it. - Amadeus

This one brought down the house when we played it.

Well? I regret it is not too familiar. - Amadeus

Well? I regret it is not too familiar.

Can you recall no melody of mineI was the most famous composer in EuropeI wrote 40 operas aloneHereWhat about this oneYes I know thatThat's charmingI'm sorry I didn't know you wrote thatI didn'tThat was MozartWolfgangAmadeus MozartThe man you accuse - Amadeus

Can you recall no melody of mineI was the most famous...

You've heard that? - Amadeus

You've heard that?

For god's sake, my son... - Amadeus

For god's sake, my son...

Was my idolSali eri MozartI can't think of a time when I didn't know his nameI was playing gamesWhen he was playing music for kings and emperorsEven the pope in RomeI admit I was jealousWhen I heard the tales they told about himNot of the brilliant little - Amadeus

Was my idolSali eri MozartI can't think of a time when...

Sali eri: Mozart. - Amadeus

Sali eri: Mozart.

I admit, I was jealous... - Amadeus

I admit, I was jealous...

My father he did not care for musicHow I wished I could be like MozartHe would say why Do you want to be a trained monkeyYou'd like me to drag you around doing tricks like a circus freakHow could I tell himWhat music meant to me - Amadeus

My father he did not care for musicHow I wished I could be...

How could I tell him... - Amadeus

How could I tell him...

Salieri While my father prayed earnestly to godTo protect commerceI would offer upSecretlyThe proudest prayer a boy could think ofLord make me a great composerLet me celebrate your glory through musicAnd be celebrated myselfMake me famous through the - Amadeus

Salieri While my father prayed earnestly to godTo protect...

My life changed forever. - Amadeus

My life changed forever.

Actually the man had no ear at allBut what did it matterHe adored my music - Amadeus

Actually the man had no ear at allBut what did it matterHe...

That night... - Amadeus

As I wandered through the salon... - Amadeus

As I wandered through the salon...

I am I'm stopping it SlowlyThere You see I've stoppedNow we're going back NoYes You don't know where you areHere everything goes backwardsPeople walk and dance and sing and even talk backwardsThat's stupid Why People fart backwards - Amadeus

I am I'm stopping it SlowlyThere You see I've...

You are very sick - Amadeus

You are very sick

I'm not gonna marry you You're a fiendUoy evol i tubLoveBut I love you - Amadeus

I'm not gonna marry you You're a fiendUoy evol i...

Love... But I love you? - Amadeus

Love... But I love you?

Man: Tihs-ym-tae. - Amadeus

Man: Tihs-ym-tae.

My music. - Amadeus

That was MozartThat giggling dirty creature I'd just seen crawling on the floor - Amadeus

That was MozartThat giggling dirty creature I'd just...

Salieri On the page it lookedNothingThe beginning simple almost comicJust a pulseBassoons basset hornsLike a rusty squeezeboxAnd then suddenlyHigh above itAn oboeA single note hanging there unwaveringA clarinet took it overSweetened it into a phrase of - Amadeus

Salieri On the page it lookedNothingThe beginning simple...

A clarinet took it over... - Amadeus

A clarinet took it over...

This was no composition by a performing monkey. - Amadeus

This was no composition by a performing monkey.

Salieri But whyWhy would god choose an obscene child to be his instrumentIt was not to be believedThis piece had to be an accident It had to beIt better be - Amadeus

Salieri But whyWhy would god choose an obscene child to be...

A young man trying to impress beyond his abilities - Amadeus

A young man trying to impress beyond his abilities

Italian is the proper language for operaAll educated people agree on that - Amadeus

Italian is the proper language for operaAll educated people...

What do you think, Chamberlain? - Amadeus

What do you think, Chamberlain?

Kapellmeister? - Amadeus

Court composer... - Amadeus

Court composer...

Well there it is - Amadeus

Well there it is

This is a beautiful wig for you. - Amadeus

This is a beautiful wig for you.

Hairdresser: Here's the third one. - Amadeus

Hairdresser: Here's the third one.

How do you like it They're all so beautifulWhy don't I have three heads - Amadeus

How do you like it They're all so beautifulWhy...

What do you have for me today? - Amadeus

What do you have for me today?

Delightful, court composer! - Amadeus

Delightful, court composer!

Salieri: Good, continue. - Amadeus

Salieri: Good, continue.

Bravo, majesty! - Amadeus

Bravo, majesty!

It's set The whole thing is set in aYes WhereIn a harem majesty In a seraglioYou mean in Turkey Yes exactlyThen why especially does it have to be in GermanIt doesn't especially It could be in Turkish if you really want - Amadeus

It's set The whole thing is set in aYes WhereIn a harem...

No, I don't think you do. - Amadeus

No, I don't think you do.

Keep it It's already here in my headEmperor What On one hearing onlyI think so sire YesShow us - Amadeus

Keep it It's already here in my headEmperor What On one...

That doesn't really work, does it? - Amadeus

That doesn't really work, does it?

Salieri: All I ever wanted was to sing to god. - Amadeus

Salieri: All I ever wanted was to sing to god.

Madame cavalieri is here for her lesson, sir. - Amadeus

Madame cavalieri is here for her lesson, sir.

My hairdresser said everything this year's going to be Turkish. - Amadeus

My hairdresser said everything this year's going to be...

What else did he tell you today? - Amadeus

What else did he tell you today?

Well I heard you met herr MozartNews travels fast in ViennaAnd he's been commissioned to write an opera Is it trueYes Is there a part in it for meNo How do you knowDo you know where it's set my dear WhereIn a haremWhat's that A brothelComeLet's beginWhat - Amadeus

Well I heard you met herr MozartNews travels fast in...

News travels fast in Vienna. - Amadeus

News travels fast in Vienna.

Come. Let's begin. - What does he look like? - Mozart? - You might be disappointed. - —why? Looks an - Amadeus

Come. Let's begin. - What does he look like? - Mozart?...

There she was. - Amadeus

Ten minutes of ghastly scales. - Amadeus

Ten minutes of ghastly scales.

Understand, I was in love with the girl. - Amadeus

Understand, I was in love with the girl.

All the same, I couldn't bear to think of anyone else touching her. - Amadeus

All the same, I couldn't bear to think of anyone else...

Brava, madame! - Amadeus

Young man don't take it too hard Your work is ingeniousIt's quality workAnd there are simply too many notes Just cut a few and it'll be perfectWhich few did you have in mind - Amadeus

Young man don't take it too hard Your work is...

This is my dear daughter, constanze. - Amadeus

This is my dear daughter, constanze.

How charming. - Amadeus

Well... - When do you marry? - Well... - Amadeus

Well... - When do you marry? - Well...

Well, there it is. - Amadeus

Well, there it is.

It was incomprehensible! - Amadeus

It was incomprehensible!

Please... - Amadeus

Leopold: I write to you with urgent news. - Amadeus

Leopold: I write to you with urgent news.

Priest: I now join you in the holy bonds of matrimony. - Amadeus

Priest: I now join you in the holy bonds of matrimony.

Mozart: Beloved father: You say Vienna is the musicians' city. - Amadeus

Mozart: Beloved father: You say Vienna is the...

Emperor: Good morning. - Amadeus

Emperor: Good morning.

Favoritism. - Amadeus

A little modesty might suit you better. - Amadeus

A little modesty might suit you better.

Who is on this committee? - Amadeus

Who is on this committee?

Well, I won't. - Amadeus

- Yes? - Excuse me, sir. - A lady insists on talking to you. - Who? - Amadeus

- Yes? - Excuse me, sir. - A lady insists on talking to you....

Your excellency. - Amadeus

Your excellency.

- Frau Mozart? - Amadeus

Let me offer you some refreshment. - Amadeus

Let me offer you some refreshment.

They're wonderful! - Amadeus

They're wonderful!

Are you sure you can'tLeave this and come back againIt's very tempting sirBut it's impossible I'm afraidHe'd be frantic if he knew they were missingYou see they're all originalsOriginals Yes sir He doesn't make copiesTheseAre originals - Amadeus

Are you sure you can'tLeave this and come back...

These... Are originals? - Amadeus

These... Are originals?

Sali eri AstoundingIt was actually It was beyond beliefThese were first and onlyDrafts of musicBut they showed no corrections of any kind Not oneHe had simply written down musicAlready finished in his headPage after page of it As if he were just taking - Amadeus

Sali eri AstoundingIt was actually It was beyond beliefThese...

And music... - Amadeus

Displace one note... - Amadeus

Displace one note...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart's downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.

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Director: Milos Forman

Writer: Peter Shaffer, Zdenek Mahler

Production: The Saul Zaentz Company

Genre: history, music, drama

Year: 1984

MetaScore: 88/100

ImdbRating: 8.4

BoxOffice: $51,973,029

Released: 19 Sep 1984

Awards: Won 8 Oscars. 43 wins & 15 nominations total

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