Amadeus

1984 PG-13 2h 40m

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Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Director Miloš Forman

Writers

Peter Shaffer Peter Shaffer

Stars

F. Murray Abraham Tom Hulce Elizabeth Berridge

F. Murray Abraham

Antonio Salieri

Tom Hulce

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Count Orsini-Rosenberg

Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Samuel Ramey

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

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Helena Cihelníková

Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Felicity Lott

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

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Karel Gult

Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Richard Stilwell

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

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Zuzana Kadlecová

Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Isobel Buchanan

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

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Magda Čelakovská

Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Anne Howells

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

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Slavěna Drášilová

Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Deborah Rees

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

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Eva Šenková

Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Patricia Payne

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

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Leoš Kratochvíl

Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Alexander Oliver

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

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Gino Zeman

Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Robin Leggate

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

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Jaroslav Mikulín

Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

John Tomlinson

Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Ladislav Krečmer

Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

Willard White

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

Karel Fiala

Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni'

Richard Stilwell

Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

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Jan Blažek

Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni'

John Tomlinson

Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

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Zdeněk Jelen

Leporello in 'Don Giovanni'

Willard White

Leporello in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

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Suzanne Murphy

Cavalieri in 'Axur' (singing voice)

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Suzanne Murphy

Constanza in 'Abduction from the Seraglio' (singing voice)

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June Anderson

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

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Milada Čechalová

Queen of the Night in 'The Magic Flute'

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Brian Kay

Papageno in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

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Lisbeth Bartlett

Papagena in 'The Magic Flute'

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Gillian Fisher

Papagena in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

Memeber of the Emperor's Family

Tereza Pokorná-Herzová

Wig Salesman (uncredited)

Zdeněk Mahler

Cardinal (uncredited)

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Vladimír Svitáček

Pope Clement (uncredited)

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Karel Engel

Mental Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

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Antonín Kramerius

Mental Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

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Zbyněk Bruthans

Gravedigger (uncredited)

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Lubomír Havlák

Pedrille (uncredited)

History Music Drama

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User Reviews 2

Geronimo1967 7 Jan 2023

8/10

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 Aust...

Wuchak 20 Dec 2020

8/10

_**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. ...