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Nel 1823 al manicomio di Vienna Antonio Salieri, acclamato musicista di Corte, confessa un tremendo segreto: ha consumato la vita nel tentativo di distruggere Mozart, volgare e libertino, indegno, secondo lui, dei doni divini. Sotto il segno del più scatenato gusto del gioco, è una riflessione sul contrasto tra genio e mediocrità e sull'invidia. Scritto dall'inglese Peter Shaffer, da una sua pièce (1979). Omaggio a Praga. Splendide immagini, due grandi interpreti. 8 Oscar: film, regia, sceneggiatura, attore, costumi, suono, trucco, scenografia. Non tenendo conto che, in fondo, è un Mozart visto da Salieri i molti mozartiani di stretta osservanza hanno eccepito sulla fedeltà storica, specialmente sulle libertà prese per la genesi del Requiem, ma avrebbero da lamentarsi di più i pochi ammiratori di Salieri. Al Festival di Berlino 2002 fu presentata una edizione restaurata (Director's Cut) e allungata di oltre 20´.
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(1984) Storia , Musica , Dramma
Data rilascio : 19/09/1984
regia di Miloš Forman
Budget : 18.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 90.000.000,00 $
Cast
F. Murray Abraham - Antonio Salieri
Tom Hulce - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Elizabeth Berridge - Constanze Mozart
Roy Dotrice - Leopold Mozart
Simon Callow - Emanuel Schikaneder
Christine Ebersole - Katerina Cavalieri
Jeffrey Jones - Emperor Joseph II
Charles Kay - Count Orsini-Rosenberg
Kenneth McMillan - Michael Schlumberg
Kenny Baker - Parody Commendatore
Lisbeth Bartlett - Papagena
Barbara Bryne - Frau Weber
Martin Cavina - Young Salieri
Roderick Cook - Count Von Strack
Milan Demjanenko - Karl Mozart
Peter DiGesu - Francesco Salieri
Richard Frank - Father Vogler
Patrick Hines - Kappelmeister Bonno
Nicholas Kepros - Archbishop Colloredo
Philip Lenkowsky - Salieri's Servant
Herman Meckler - Priest
Jonathan Moore - Baron Van Swieten
Cynthia Nixon - Lorl
Brian Pettifer - Hospital Attendant
Vincent Schiavelli - Salieri's Valet
Douglas Seale - Count Arco
Miroslav Sekera - Young Mozart
Cassie Stuart - Gertrude Schlumberg
John Strauss - Conductor
Karl-Heinz Teuber - Wig Salesman
Rita Zohar - Frau Schlumberg
Miro Grisa - Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (uncredited)
Karel Gult - Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (uncredited)
Ladislav Krečmer - Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (uncredited)
Karel Fiala - Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni' (uncredited)
John Carrafa - Dancer (uncredited)
Hana Brejchová - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Miriam Chytilová - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Karel Effa - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
René Gabzdyl - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Karel Hábl - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Jiří Krytinář - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Jan Kuželka - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Jiří Lír - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Jitka Molavcová - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Pavel Nový - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Jan Pohan - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Tereza Pokorná-Herzová - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Ivan Pokorný - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Milan Riehs - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Dana Vávrová - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
June Anderson - Queen of the Night in 'The Magic Flute' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Isobel Buchanan - Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Anne Howells - Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Robin Leggate - Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Felicity Lott - Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Alexander Oliver - Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Samuel Ramey - Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Richard Stilwell - Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro' / Don Giovanni in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice) (uncredited)
John Tomlinson - Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro' / Commendatore in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Willard White - Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' / Leporello in 'Don Giovanni' (singing voice) (uncredited)
Michele Esposito - Salieri's Student (uncredited)
Zdeněk Mahler - Cardinal (uncredited)
Vladimír Svitáček - Pope Clement (uncredited)
Jana Musilová - Czechoslovakian Actor (uncredited)
Raymond Kurshals - Dancer