Amadeus
The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture.
1984 • 160 min • Drama · History · Music
Synopsis
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Our family guide
Best from age 14- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 80 Audience · 4836 · 49%
This historical drama explores the intense rivalry between two composers in 18th-century Vienna: the disciplined Salieri and the brilliant, flamboyant Mozart. It delves into themes of ambition, jealousy, and divine talent, showcasing the triumphs and tragedies of their lives. The film is a visually and musically rich experience.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 4/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 4/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Some suggestive content and nudity
- Frequent alcohol consumption depicted
- Themes of jealousy and emotional distress
- A suicide attempt is shown
What it models well
- The power of artistic genius
- Perseverance in creative pursuits
- The beauty of classical music
Talk about it after
- The nature of envy and its destructive power
- How society recognizes and rewards talent
- The historical context of 18th-century Vienna
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Top billed cast
Director: Miloš Forman • Crew: Peter Shaffer
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
- L
Lisbeth Bartlett
Papagena
Trailers & clips
The Treasure Hunt to Restore the Oscar-Winning Makeup From ‘Amadeus’!
The Oscar-winning Mozart biopic AMADEUS is now fully restored in 4K and showing in select cinemas.
Official UK 4K Restoration Trailer
Movie Clip - A Mask For the Dead
Movie Clip - Your Father is Dead
Movie Clip - Papa!
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Movie Clip - A Little Modesty Might Suit You Better
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersRarely 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 Austria (Jeffery Jone...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers_**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. “Amadeus” (19...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 8.0/10 (4,836)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Box office
- $90,007,557
- IMDb
- tt0086879
