Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham). 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.
“Amadeus isn't meant to be a biography of the composer's life, but a bawdy, black fantasy, a fiction based on a few curious facts. Peter Shaffer adapted the screenplay from his own stage play: What was intimate is now opulent.” - Washington Post.
"The performance of Abraham, who won the Best Actor Oscar for it, is monumental, and so is Forman's direction.” -N.Y. Post.
“A grand, sprawling entertainment... Mozart sings the music of God, Salieri schemes and screams in tragic register, and the film keeps humming merrily along with them both.” – Time.
Ends at 10:15. PG (USA 1948)
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