Drama · History · Music
American
1984 · Directed by Miloš Forman · 160 min
Vienna in the 1780s: Antonio Salieri, a devout and ambitious court composer, watches a coarse, giggling young prodigy named Mozart write music he can hear is divine. Part biography, part opera of envy, told with lush period spectacle and a very modern, irreverent tone.
Why it matters in cinema history
A landmark of the 1980s prestige costume drama and a turning point for the composer biopic, replacing the reverent plaster saint with a flawed, funny, physical human being.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a story told from one man's point of view, where the music, not the dialogue, is the real evidence.
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