A brilliant film version of a play on the life and death of Mozart, filmed in Prague and boasting one of the most literate film scripts of the 1980s. The story revolves around the unpleasant rivalry between Salieri and Mozart - musical mediocrity and genius respectively. Based on the play by Peter Shaffer. Cast includes Tom Hulce as Mozart and F. Murray Abraham as Salieri.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302157
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Music & Performing Arts → Orchestral music
Music & Performing Arts → Salieri, Antonio, 1750-1825
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)