Amadeus

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

Genre : HistoryMusicDrama

Runtime : 160 mins

Release Date : 1984-09-19

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_**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...

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...

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)

Jeffrey Jones

(Emperor Joseph II)

Charles Kay

(Count Orsini-Rosenberg)

Kenny Baker

(Parody Commendatore)

Lisbeth Bartlett

(Papagena)

Barbara Bryne

(Frau Weber)

Martin Cavani

(Young Salieri)

Roderick Cook

(Count Von Strack)

Milan Demjanenko

(Karl Mozart)

Peter DiGesu

(Francesco Salieri)

Richard Frank

(Father Vogler)

Patrick Hines

(Kappelmeister Bonno)

Nicholas Kepros

(Archbishop Colloredo)

Philip Lenkowsky

(Salieri's Servant)

Herman Meckler

(Priest)

Jonathan Moore

(Baron Van Swieten)

Cynthia Nixon

(Lorl)

Brian Pettifer

(Hospital Attendant)

Vincent Schiavelli

(Salieri's Valet)

Douglas Seale

(Count Arco)

Miroslav Sekera

(Young Mozart)

John Strauss

(Conductor)

Karl-Heinz Teuber

(Wig Salesman)

Miro Grisa

(Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Samuel Ramey

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

Helena Cihelníková

(Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Felicity Lott

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

Karel Gult

(Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Richard Stilwell

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

Zuzana Kadlecová

(Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Isobel Buchanan

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

Magda Čelakovská

(Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Anne Howells

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

Slavěna Drášilová

(Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Deborah Rees

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

Eva Šenková

(Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Patricia Payne

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

Leoš Kratochvíl

(Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Alexander Oliver

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

Gino Zeman

(Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro')

Robin Leggate

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

Jaroslav Mikulín

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

John Tomlinson

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

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))

Jan Blažek

(Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni')

John Tomlinson

(Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice))

Zdeněk Jelen

(Leporello in 'Don Giovanni')

Willard White

(Leporello in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice))

Suzanne Murphy

(Cavalieri in 'Axur' (singing voice))

Suzanne Murphy

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

June Anderson

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

Milada Čechalová

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

Brian Kay

(Papageno in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice))

Lisbeth Bartlett

(Papagena in 'The Magic Flute')

Gillian Fisher

(Papagena in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice))

John Carrafa

(Dancer)

Sara Clifford

(Dancer)

Richard Colton

(Dancer)

Shelley Freydont

(Dancer)

Anne Glasner

(Dancer)

Barbara Hoom

(Dancer)

Mary Ann Kellogg

(Dancer)

Raymond Kurshals

(Dancer)

John Malashock

(Dancer)

Jennifer Rawe

(Dancer)

Tom Rawe

(Dancer)

William Whitener

(Dancer)

Hana Brejchová

(Memeber of the Emperor's Family)

Miriam Chytilová

(Sophie Weber)

Karel Effa

(Leporello)

Radka Fidlerová

(Soprano)

René Gabzdyl

(Pasha)

Karel Hábl

(Emperor's Spy)

Aťka Janoušková

(Dwarf)

Marta Jarolímková

(Princess Elisabeth)

Gabriela Krčková

(Singer)

Vladimír Krouský

(Dwarf)

Jiří Krytinář

(Dwarf)

Jan Kuželka

(Salieri's Chef)

Radka Kuchařová

(Blonda)

Jiří Lír

(Salzburg Man)

Lenka Loubalová

(Singer)

Dagmar Mašková

(Singer)

Ladislav Mikeš

(Dwarf)

Jitka Molavcová

(Actress)

Jana Musilová

(Dwarf)

Vojtěch Nalezenec

(Musician)

Pavel Nový

(Emperor's Spy)

Jiří Opsatko

( - )

Jan Pohan

(Emperor's Aide)

Tereza Pokorná-Herzová

(Actress)

Ivan Pokorný

(Man)

Milan Riehs

(Hofmarschall)

Iva Šebková

(Dwarf)

Zdeněk Sklenář

(Dwarf)

Renata Vacková

(Lady-in-waiting)

Jiří Vančura

(Dwarf)

Dana Vávrová

(Josefine Weber)

Petra Vogelová

(Lady-in-waiting)

Josef Zeman

(Dwarf)

Viktor Maurer

(Wig Salesman (uncredited))

Zdeněk Mahler

(Cardinal (uncredited))

Vladimír Svitáček

(Pope Clement (uncredited))

Karel Engel

(Mental Hospital Orderly (uncredited))

Antonín Kramerius

(Mental Hospital Orderly (uncredited))

Zbyněk Bruthans

(Gravedigger (uncredited))

Lubomír Havlák

(Pedrille (uncredited))