Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- opera
- composer
- musician
- marriage crisis
- italy
- talent
- emperor
- austria
- based on true story
- based on play or musical
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Lisbeth Bartlett — Papagena
- Barbara Bryne — Frau Weber
- Martin Cavani — Young Salieri
- Roderick Cook — Count Von Strack
- Milan Demjanenko — Karl Mozart
- Peter DiGesu — Francesco Salieri
- Directed
- Miloš Forman
- Written
- Peter Shaffer
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 4,896 ratings
- Studio
- The Saul Zaentz Company
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
