Amadeus

Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus (1979), the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the 18th century. The film was nominated for 53 awards and received 40, including eight Academy Awards (including Best Picture), four BAFTA Awards, fou... More

Initial release date:

  • Sep 6, 1984

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 2 h 40 min

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • юЛЮДЕИ,
  • Amadeus - El corte del director,
  • Amadeus - version intégrale,
  • Amadeus - ohjaajan versio,
  • Amadeus: The Director's Cut,
  • Amadeusz,
  • Peter Shaffer's Amadeus: Director's Cut,
  • Amadeus: El montaje del director

Film

Directed by

Miloš Forman

Jan Tomáš Forman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtomaːʃ ˈforman]; born February 18, 1932), better known as Miloš Forman ([ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman], English /ˈmiːloʊʃ ˈfɔərmən/), is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the...

Tagline:

  • The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture...
  • ...Everything You've Heard Is True

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Runtime:

Runtime Note
  • 2 h 40 min
  • Theatrical Cut
  • 2 h 41 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 18,000,000
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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film Winners

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominees

Metacritic Top Films

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Media

Adapted From

Amadeus

Amadeus is a play by Peter Shaffer, which gives a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979, Amadeus was inspired by a short 1830 play by Alexander Pushkin called Mozart and Salieri (which was also used as the...

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