Mozart biography movie

1984 film directed by Miloš Forman

Amadeus is a 1984 American periodbiographicaldrama film directed by Miloš Forman and adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1979 stage play of the same name, starring F.

Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce.

Mozart biography movie

Described by Shaffer as a "fantasia on [a real-life] theme", and originally inspired by Alexander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri, the film imagines a bitter rivalry between two of Vienna's most eminent composers of the 18th century: the supremely gifted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Hulce) and the politically connected Antonio Salieri (Abraham).

Over the course of the film, Salieri struggles to reconcile his professional admiration of Mozart with his personal hatred for the man, and resolves to ruin Mozart's career to avenge himself against God.

Amadeus was released by Orion Pictures on September 19, 1984, thirteen days after its world premiere in Los Angeles on September 6, 1984.

Upon release, it received widespread acclaim