FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Amadeus
Scores
- IMDb8.4/10as of 2026-06-15
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer90%as of 2026-01-15
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.9/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic87/100as of 2026-01-15
What it is
Amadeus is a 1984 American epic drama film directed by Miloš Forman. Peter Shaffer adapted it from his 1979 stage play, inspired by Alexander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri. Shaffer described it as a "fantasia on [a real-life] theme", as it imagines an orchestral rivalry between two 18th-century Vienna composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri.
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama / Music
- Original language
- English
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