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Constanze Mozart, as depicted by her brother-in-law Joseph Lange (1782). Mozart scholarship long followed the accounts of early biographers, which proceeded in large part from the recorded memories of his widow Constanze and her sister Sophie Weber as they were recorded in the biographies by Franz Niemetschek and Georg Nikolaus von Nissen.
Described by Shaffer as a "fantasia on [a real-life] theme", and originally inspired by Alexander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri, the film imagines a bitter rivalry between two of Vienna's most eminent composers of the 18th century: the supremely gifted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Hulce) and the politically connected Antonio Salieri ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [a] [b] (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every Western classical genre of his time.
Thomas Edward Hulce (/ ˈ h ʊ l s /; born December 6, 1953) is an American actor and theatre producer.He is best known for his portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus (1984), as well as the roles of Larry "Pinto" Kroger in Animal House (1978), Larry Buckman in Parenthood (1989), and Quasimodo in Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
Pages in category "Films about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Mozart (1955 film) Mozart and Salieri (film)
Interlude in Prague is a 2017 film about a fictional episode in the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that led to his writing the opera Don Giovanni.It stars Aneurin Barnard, James Purefoy, Samantha Barks, Morfydd Clark, Adrian Edmondson and Anna Rust.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died after a short illness on 5 December 1791, aged 35. His reputation as a composer, already strong during his lifetime, rose rapidly in the years after his death, and he became (as he has remained to this day) one of the most celebrated of all composers.
Simon Callow's film credits with year of release, film titles and roles; Year Title Role Notes 1984 Amadeus: Emanuel Schikaneder / Papageno Callow created the role of Mozart in the premiere stage production 1985 The Good Father: Mark Varda A Room with a View: The Reverend Mr. Beebe Nominated – BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting ...