![]() Why was Salieriâso disciplined, so devoted to his art, and so willing to toady to his superiorsânot touched by God? Unable to match Mozartâs talent, Salieri uses his influence in court to sabotage the young upstartâs career. ![]() Salieri was incensed that God would bless so vulgar and obnoxious a young snipe as Mozart with divine genius. Murray Abraham) recalls the events of three decades earlier, when the young Mozart (Tom Hulce) first gained favor in the court of Austrian emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones). From the vantage point of an insane asylum, aging royal composer Salieri (F. Amadeus is an expansion of a Viennese âurban legendâ concerning the death of 18th-century musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ![]() For this film adaptation of Peter Shafferâs Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that heâd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. ![]()
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