Amadeus (1984)
Overview
Disciplined Italian composer Antonia Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $18,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $90,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 22.901 |
Directed By
Miloš Forman
Crew
Miloš Forman
Peter Shaffer
Peter Shaffer
Michael Hausman
Bertil Ohlsson
Saul Zaentz
Miroslav Ondříček
Michael Chandler
Nena Danevic
Theodor Pištěk
Mark Berger
Jay Boekelheide
Thomas Scott
Phil Bray
Jaromír Komárek
Patrizia von Brandenstein
Karel Černý
Anne Gyory
Todd Boekelheide
Maggie Cartier
Mary Goldberg
David Rubin
Paolo Fabbri
Ken Tuohy
Twyla Tharp
Miroslav Hájek
Magda Hájková
Neville Marriner
Neville Marriner
John Strauss
Laszlo Heltay
John McCarthy
Simon Preston
Ivan Moravec
Imogen Cooper
Mark Adler
Jonas Thaler
Zdeněk Mahler
Michael Hausman
Nancy Eichler
Deborah Guardian
Cathy Hausman
Pam Hausman
Lynda Redfield
Josh Zaentz
Paul Zaentz
Michael Ross
Fabrizio Caracciolo
Paul LeBlanc
Paul LeBlanc
Tom Priestley Jr.
Trevor Coop
Robert Horne
James Bawden
Yves Nolleau
Chris Newman
Ken Weston
Richard Quinlan
Robert Connors
Tom Gilligan
James Halligan
Billy Kerwick
Karl-Heinz Teuber
John Nutt
Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam
Debra McDermott
Teresa Book
Michael Magill
Jules Roman
Victor Livingston
Karen Spangenberg
Barbara McBane
Tim Holland
C.J. Appel
Tom Bellfort
B.J. Sears
Dennie Thorpe
Diana Pellegrini
Sandina Bailo-Lape
Karen Brocco
T.M. Christopher
David Dresher
Laura Louis
E. Jeane Putnam
Stephen J. Sutter
Paige Sartorius
John Morris
Donah Bassett
Aubrey Head
Jan Schmidt
Tomáš Tintěra
Jan Kubišta
Petr Makovička
Věra Vláčilová
Václav Rouha
Zdeňka Černá
Vaclav Eisenhamer
Jana Hauserová
Václav Petr
Kateřina Schauerová
Daniela Stašková
František Vláčil ml.
Miloš Zajdl
František Čížek
Jiří Šimon
Vlasta Hájková
Zuzana Máchová
František Zapletal
Hana Zrostlíková
Iveta Trmalová
Karel Kočí
Jaroslav Česal
Bedřich Čermák
Vladimír Mácha
Jaroslav Lehman
Jozef Hrabušický
Boris Ondrušek
Ivo Špalj
Jan Friedrich
Jaroslav Velim
Milan Sodomka
Tomáš Červenka
Tomáš Potůček
Václav Řezníček
René Michalička
Miloslav Ptáček
Lubos Simecek
Jaroslav Sinkule
Kamil Kadeřábek
Michal Krob
Antonín Mařík
Jiří Krejčík
Jiří Zavřel
Miroslav Čvorsjuk
James Fee
Francesco Chianese
Tommaso Mottola
Letizia Bucci-Casari
Philip Carroll
Bonnie Timmermann
Dick Smith
Josef Svoboda
TOP CAST
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
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
John Strauss
Conductor
Karl-Heinz Teuber
Wig Salesman
Miro Grisa
Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Samuel Ramey
Figaro in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Helena Cihelníková
Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Felicity Lott
Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Karel Gult
Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Richard Stilwell
Count Almaviva in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Zuzana Kadlecová
Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Isobel Buchanan
Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Magda Čelakovská
Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Anne Howells
Cherubino in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Slavěna Drášilová
Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Deborah Rees
Barbarina in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Eva Šenková
Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Patricia Payne
Marcellina in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Leoš Kratochvíl
Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Alexander Oliver
Basilio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Gino Zeman
Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Robin Leggate
Don Curzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Jaroslav Mikulín
Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
John Tomlinson
Dr. Bartolo in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
Ladislav Krečmer
Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro'
Willard White
Antonio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' (singing voice)
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