"Everything you've heard is true..."

1984

2h 40m

8.0(4447 votes)

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Music

Drama

Overview

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Cast & Crew

117 members

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F. Murray Abraham

Antonio Salieri

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Tom Hulce

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Elizabeth Berridge

Constanze Mozart

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Simon Callow

Emanuel Schikaneder

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Roy Dotrice

Leopold Mozart

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Christine Ebersole

Katerina Cavalieri

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Jeffrey Jones

Emperor Joseph II

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Charles Kay

Count Orsini-Rosenberg

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Kenny Baker

Parody Commendatore

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Lisbeth Bartlett

Papagena

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Barbara Bryne

Frau Weber

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Martin Cavani

Young Salieri

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Roderick Cook

Count Von Strack

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Milan Demjanenko

Karl Mozart

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Peter DiGesu

Francesco Salieri

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Richard Frank

Father Vogler

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Patrick Hines

Kappelmeister Bonno

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Nicholas Kepros

Archbishop Colloredo

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Philip Lenkowsky

Salieri's Servant

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Herman Meckler

Priest

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Jonathan Moore

Baron Van Swieten

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Cynthia Nixon

Lorl

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Brian Pettifer

Hospital Attendant

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Vincent Schiavelli

Salieri's Valet

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Douglas Seale

Count Arco

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Miroslav Sekera

Young Mozart

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Sound

John Strauss

Conductor

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Karl-Heinz Teuber

Wig Salesman

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Miro Grisa

Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Samuel Ramey

Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Helena Cihelníková

Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Felicity Lott

Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Karel Gult

Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Richard Stilwell

Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

Costume & Make-Up

Zuzana Kadlecová

Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Isobel Buchanan

Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Magda Čelakovská

Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Anne Howells

Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Slavěna Drášilová

Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Deborah Rees

Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Eva Šenková

Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Patricia Payne

Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Leoš Kratochvíl

Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Alexander Oliver

Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Gino Zeman

Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Robin Leggate

Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Jaroslav Mikulín

Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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John Tomlinson

Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Ladislav Krečmer

Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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Willard White

Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)

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Karel Fiala

Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni'

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Richard Stilwell

Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

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Jan Blažek

Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni'

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John Tomlinson

Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

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Zdeněk Jelen

Leporello in 'Don Giovanni'

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Willard White

Leporello in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice)

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Suzanne Murphy

Cavalieri in 'Axur' (singing voice)

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Suzanne Murphy

Constanza in 'Abduction from the Seraglio' (singing voice)

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June Anderson

Queen of the Night in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

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Milada Čechalová

Queen of the Night in 'The Magic Flute'

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Brian Kay

Papageno in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

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Lisbeth Bartlett

Papagena in 'The Magic Flute'

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Gillian Fisher

Papagena in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice)

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Crew

John Carrafa

Dancer

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Sara Clifford

Dancer

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Richard Colton

Dancer

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Shelley Freydont

Dancer

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Anne Glasner

Dancer

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Barbara Hoom

Dancer

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Mary Ann Kellogg

Dancer

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Raymond Kurshals

Dancer

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John Malashock

Dancer

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Jennifer Rawe

Dancer

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Tom Rawe

Dancer

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William Whitener

Dancer

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Hana Brejchová

Memeber of the Emperor's Family

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Miriam Chytilová

Sophie Weber

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Karel Effa

Leporello

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Radka Fidlerová

Soprano

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René Gabzdyl

Pasha

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Karel Hábl

Emperor's Spy

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Aťka Janoušková

Dwarf

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Marta Jarolímková

Princess Elisabeth

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Gabriela Krčková

Singer

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Vladimír Krouský

Dwarf

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Jiří Krytinář

Dwarf

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Jan Kuželka

Salieri's Chef

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Radka Kuchařová

Blonda

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Jiří Lír

Salzburg Man

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Lenka Loubalová

Singer

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Dagmar Mašková

Singer

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Ladislav Mikeš

Dwarf

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Jitka Molavcová

Actress

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Jana Musilová

Dwarf

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Vojtěch Nalezenec

Musician

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Pavel Nový

Emperor's Spy

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Jiří Opsatko

Unknown Role

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Jan Pohan

Emperor's Aide

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Tereza Pokorná-Herzová

Actress

Directing

Ivan Pokorný

Man

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Milan Riehs

Hofmarschall

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Iva Šebková

Dwarf

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Zdeněk Sklenář

Dwarf

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Renata Vacková

Lady-in-waiting

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Jiří Vančura

Dwarf

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Dana Vávrová

Josefine Weber

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Petra Vogelová

Lady-in-waiting

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Josef Zeman

Dwarf

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Viktor Maurer

Wig Salesman (uncredited)

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Writing

Zdeněk Mahler

Cardinal (uncredited)

Directing

Vladimír Svitáček

Pope Clement (uncredited)

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Karel Engel

Mental Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

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Antonín Kramerius

Mental Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

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Zbyněk Bruthans

Gravedigger (uncredited)

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Lubomír Havlák

Pedrille (uncredited)

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Jana Musilová

Dwarf

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Kate Glasner

Dancer

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