Amadeus
1984 film directed by Miloš Forman · Released September 6, 1984
Amadeus is a 1984 American epic drama film directed by Miloš Forman. Peter Shaffer adapted it from his 1979 stage play, inspired by Alexander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri. Shaffer described it as a "fantasia on [a real-life] theme", as it imagines an orchestral rivalry between two 18th-century Vienna composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) and Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham). Salieri struggles to reconcile his professional admiration for Mozart with his jealous hatred, and resolves to ruin Mozart's career as his form of vengeance against God.
Cast ages at release (September 6, 1984)
- F. Murray Abraham, as Antonio Salieri: 44
- Tom Hulce, as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 30
- Elizabeth Berridge, as Constanze Mozart: 22
- Simon Callow, as Emanuel Schikaneder: 35
- Roy Dotrice, as Leopold Mozart: 61
- Christine Ebersole, as Caterina Cavalieri: 31
- Jeffrey Jones, as Emperor Joseph II: 37
- Vincent Schiavelli, as Salieri's Valet: 35
- Cynthia Nixon, as Lorl: 18
- Kenny Baker, as Parody Commendatore: 50
- Kenneth McMillan, as Michael Schlumberg: 52
- Roderick Cook, as Count von Strack: 52
- Richard Frank, as Father Vogler: 31
- Charles Kay, as Count Orsini-Rosenberg: 54
- Barbara Bryne, as Frau Weber: 55
- Miroslav Sekera, as young Mozart: 8