AMADEUS

AMADEUS

`Amadeus ' is the film adaptation of Peter Shaffer 's book Broadway hit ' and was directed by Czech Republic renowned director `Milos Forman ' and was released in 1984 . It is a two hour , fifty-eight minutes movie (Forman , 1984

It is the sad story of the famous 19th century musical legend `Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . It was about his tragic death in the hands of Antonio Salieri

Actor Tom Hulce starred as Mozart , F . Murray Abraham featured as Salieri , Elizabeth Berridge starred as Constanze Mozart and Jeffrey Jones acted as Joseph II

(Forman , 1984

It took us back in time to the 1820s , when Salieri was placed in a mental asylum . While in the asylum he narrates the story of how he knew Mozart from his childhood days in Vienna . Mozart became very popular in the courts of Austrian emperor Joseph II quite to the dissatisfaction of Salieri . Salieri had been envious of Mozart 's huge successes and the bundle of talents he was endowed with which he feels exceeded his own and feels it was because of his advent into music that dented his own career . Salieri is infuriated by Mozart 's babyish attitude and he wonders why God would bless a corrupt young man with such immense talents . He then attempts to kill Mozart

Salieri 's first means of getting at Mozart was using his influence in the royal court to hit at Mozart 's fast growing career by supporting them of their claim that Mozart 's song had too...