Movie · 1984
Amadeus
“The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture.”
Released 19 September 1984 160 min Drama / History / Music More from 1984 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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How old were they?
Douglas Seale
as Count Arco
Roy Dotrice
as Leopold Mozart
Barbara Bryne
as Frau Weber
Charles Kay
as Count Orsini-Rosenberg
Aťka Janoušková
as Dwarf
Kenny Baker
as Parody Commendatore
F. Murray Abraham
as Antonio Salieri
Jeffrey Jones
as Emperor Joseph II
Jan Kuželka
as Salieri's Chef
Simon Callow
as Emanuel Schikaneder
Christine Ebersole
as Katerina Cavalieri
Brian Pettifer
as Hospital Attendant
Tom Hulce
as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Elizabeth Berridge
as Constanze Mozart
Cynthia Nixon
as Lorl
Dana Vávrová
as Josefine Weber
Lisbeth Bartlett
as Papagena
Martin Cavani
as Young Salieri
Karl-Heinz Teuber
as Wig Salesman
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The numbers
5.0×$18m budget became $90m at the box office
53years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Douglas Seale — oldest on the call sheet
17Dana Vávrová — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast