Screenplay data
In 1823, an elderly Antonio Salieri, confined to an asylum, confesses to a priest that he murdered Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, prompting a flashback to Salieri's youth where he, a devout court composer, becomes appalled by Mozart's vulgarity despite his genius, leading Salieri to renounce his faith and vow to destroy him. Salieri sabotages Mozart's career by influencing the Emperor and court against him, preventing prestigious positions, and manipulates Mozart's wife, Constanze, while spying on him. After Mozart's father dies, Salieri commissions a Requiem Mass from Mozart while disguised as Leopold, intending for Mozart to believe it is a supernatural demand and work himself to death, which Mozart, plagued by illness and hardship, feverishly attempts. As Mozart collapses, Salieri dictates the Requiem to him, pushing him to his limits until Mozart succumbs to his illness, and back in the asylum, Salieri, a forgotten figure, declares himself the patron saint of mediocrity, forever haunted by Mozart's genius.
Save the Cat beat sheet
Amadeus follows Salieri’s obsessive envy of Mozart from Salieri’s confession in a hospital through Mozart’s rise and tragic demise.
Open full beat sheetAntonio Salieri is listed as Protagonist / Narrator. Italian composer, Court Composer to Emperor Joseph II, obsessed with Mozart. In the parsed data, Antonio Salieri is connected to 66 scenes, 157 dialogue lines, 158 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
66 scenes / 157 dialogue linesWolfgang Amadeus Mozart is listed as Composer. Brilliant, immature, and vulgar musical genius. In the parsed data, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is connected to 61 scenes, 208 dialogue lines, 208 text mentions, first appearing around scene 7.
61 scenes / 208 dialogue linesConstanze Mozart is listed as Mozart's wife. Mozart's wife, often struggling with their financial instability. In the parsed data, Constanze Mozart is connected to 31 scenes, 85 dialogue lines, 85 text mentions, first appearing around scene 8.
31 scenes / 85 dialogue linesEmmanuel Schikaneder is listed as Impresario. Extravagant, fleshy theatre manager. In the parsed data, Emmanuel Schikaneder is connected to 21 scenes, 61 dialogue lines, 61 text mentions, first appearing around scene 12.
21 scenes / 61 dialogue linesEmperor Joseph II is listed as Ruler of Austria. Intelligent, dapper, musical monarch. In the parsed data, Emperor Joseph II is connected to 14 scenes, 61 dialogue lines, 61 text mentions, first appearing around scene 18.
14 scenes / 61 dialogue linesCount Orsini-Rosenberg is listed as Director of the Opera. Corpulent, traditionalist opera director. In the parsed data, Count Orsini-Rosenberg is connected to 13 scenes, 20 dialogue lines, 21 text mentions, first appearing around scene 18.
13 scenes / 20 dialogue linesJohann Von Strack is listed as Chamberlain. Stiff and highly correct court official. In the parsed data, Johann Von Strack is connected to 13 scenes, 14 dialogue lines, 14 text mentions, first appearing around scene 18.
13 scenes / 14 dialogue linesGiuseppe Bonno is listed as Kapellmeister. Italian, cringing, time-serving musician. In the parsed data, Giuseppe Bonno is connected to 13 scenes, 5 dialogue lines, 5 text mentions, first appearing around scene 18.
13 scenes / 5 dialogue linesBaron Von Swieten is listed as Imperial Librarian. Grave, kindly, and educated man. In the parsed data, Baron Von Swieten is connected to 11 scenes, 11 dialogue lines, 11 text mentions, first appearing around scene 18.
11 scenes / 11 dialogue linesLeopold Mozart is listed as Mozart's father. Strict, controlling, and proud father of Wolfgang. In the parsed data, Leopold Mozart is connected to 10 scenes, 43 dialogue lines, 43 text mentions, first appearing around scene 32.
10 scenes / 43 dialogue linesMadame Weber is listed as Constanze's mother. Formidable and theatrical mother-in-law. In the parsed data, Madame Weber is connected to 9 scenes, 29 dialogue lines, 29 text mentions, first appearing around scene 52.
9 scenes / 29 dialogue linesKatherina Cavalieri is listed as Soprano. Salieri's pupil and a talented opera singer. In the parsed data, Katherina Cavalieri is connected to 7 scenes, 9 dialogue lines, 9 text mentions, first appearing around scene 25.
7 scenes / 9 dialogue linesFather Vogler is listed as Hospital Chaplain. Priest at the General Hospital of Vienna. In the parsed data, Father Vogler is connected to 7 scenes, 6 dialogue lines, 6 text mentions, first appearing around scene 6.
7 scenes / 6 dialogue linesDoctor Gulden is listed as Physician. Doctor at the General Hospital. In the parsed data, Doctor Gulden is connected to 2 scenes, 7 dialogue lines, 7 text mentions, first appearing around scene 90.
2 scenes / 7 dialogue linesOld Salieri is heard in distress behind a locked door while his servants try to coax him out with food.
Antonio SalieriOld Salieri confesses to killing Mozart from his window to a crowd of onlookers.
Antonio SalieriThe servants break down the door after hearing a thump and seeing blood.
Antonio SalieriSalieri is found bleeding on the floor.
Antonio SalieriDoctor Gulden introduces Father Vogler to Salieri's case.
Antonio Salieri, Father Vogler, Doctor GuldenFather Vogler attempts to hear Salieri's confession.
Antonio Salieri, Father VoglerSalieri spies on Mozart and Constanze playing a game.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze MozartMozart and Constanze play a word game, followed by Mozart rushing off to conduct his music, leaving Salieri shocked.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze MozartMozart rushes toward the Grand Salon.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart takes over conducting his Serenade while Constanze watches from the back.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze MozartSalieri, having eavesdropped, moves toward the Grand Salon.
Antonio SalieriSalieri watches Mozart conduct and is deeply moved by the music.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart and Arco walk to the Archbishop's apartment while Salieri watches.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederThe Archbishop reprimands Mozart for his behavior.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederMozart is applauded by guests, which irritates the Archbishop.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederSalieri studies Mozart's score and is deeply affected by its beauty.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartOld Salieri questions why God chose Mozart.
Antonio SalieriThe Emperor and his court discuss hiring Mozart.
Antonio Salieri, Emperor Joseph II, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Baron Von Swieten, Johann Von Strack, Giuseppe BonnoSalieri works on his march and receives macaroons.
Antonio SalieriMozart tries on wigs.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartThe Emperor and court prepare for Mozart's arrival.
Antonio Salieri, Emperor Joseph II, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Baron Von Swieten, Johann Von Strack, Giuseppe BonnoMozart is led to the Grand Salon.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart meets the Emperor and the court.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Baron Von Swieten, Johann Von StrackSalieri is interrupted by Lorl.
Antonio SalieriSalieri gives a lesson to Katherina Cavalieri.
Antonio Salieri, Katherina CavalieriThe Emperor and court watch Mozart's opera, while Salieri and the Webers watch from boxes.
Emperor Joseph II, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Katherina Cavalieri, Johann Von Strack, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Giuseppe BonnoOld Salieri reflects on his lust for Cavalieri and hatred for Mozart.
Antonio SalieriThe opera concludes, the Emperor congratulates Mozart but criticizes the work.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Johann Von Strack, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Giuseppe Bonno, Baron Von SwietenMozart visits Cavalieri, who is furious about his engagement.
Katherina Cavalieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri, Constanze MozartSalieri questions God's purpose in using Mozart.
Antonio Salieri, Father VoglerSalieri prays for Mozart to be sent away.
Antonio SalieriLeopold begs the Archbishop to help him stop Mozart's marriage.
Leopold MozartMozart and Constanze get married.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Madame WeberLeopold reads Mozart's letter announcing his marriage.
Leopold MozartSalieri manipulates the Emperor into creating a contest for Mozart's appointment.
Antonio Salieri, Emperor Joseph IIVon Strack informs Mozart of the committee requirement.
Johann Von Strack, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart confronts Von Strack about the requirement to submit his work to a committee for a teaching post.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Von StrackConstanze argues with Mozart about his refusal to submit his work for the royal post.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze MozartSalieri is interrupted during a lesson by a servant announcing an urgent visitor.
Antonio Salieri, Katherina CavalieriConstanze visits Salieri to submit Mozart's work without his knowledge.
Antonio Salieri, Constanze MozartOld Salieri recounts his realization of Mozart's genius to Father Vogler.
Antonio Salieri, Father VoglerSalieri reads Mozart's music and is overwhelmed by its beauty; he propositions Constanze.
Antonio Salieri, Constanze MozartSalieri argues with Vogler about God's injustice.
Antonio Salieri, Father VoglerSalieri prays for a sign from God.
Antonio SalieriConstanze returns to Salieri; he rejects her after she begins to undress.
Antonio Salieri, Constanze MozartSalieri declares himself an enemy of God.
Antonio SalieriMozart returns home with friends; Constanze is distraught.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederSalieri convinces the Emperor not to hire Mozart.
Antonio Salieri, Emperor Joseph IISalieri learns Mozart is waiting for him.
Antonio SalieriSalieri tells Mozart the post has been filled.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart visits Salieri to ask for help regarding a job at the palace, but Salieri informs him the position is filled. Mozart asks for a loan.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart arrives to teach Schlumberg's daughter, Gertrude, amidst a house full of unruly dogs.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emmanuel Schikaneder, Madame WeberMozart attempts to teach Gertrude while her parents watch and their dog howls at the music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emmanuel Schikaneder, Madame WeberMozart walks through the streets of Vienna in high spirits.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart encounters his father, Leopold, standing on the landing.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leopold MozartLeopold questions Mozart about his living conditions, finances, and his wife, Constanze.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Leopold MozartMozart, Constanze, and Leopold prepare costumes for a masquerade.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Leopold MozartA masquerade ball is in full swing; Salieri watches from the shadows.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederThe group plays a game of forfeits, leading to humiliation for Leopold.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederMozart performs a musical challenge at a party, parodying Salieri to the amusement of the guests.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederOld Salieri recalls his humiliation.
Antonio SalieriSalieri vows to laugh at God.
Antonio SalieriMozart is interrupted by Constanze regarding a mysterious maid.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze MozartLorl the maid is hired despite Leopold's objections.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Madame WeberSalieri questions Lorl about Mozart.
Antonio Salieri, Madame WeberMozart performs a concerto for the Emperor.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Leopold Mozart, Baron Von Swieten, Johann Von StrackSalieri informs the Director that Mozart is writing Figaro.
Antonio Salieri, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Giuseppe BonnoThe Emperor confronts Mozart about the opera Figaro.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Baron Von Swieten, Johann Von Strack, Giuseppe BonnoMozart defends his opera to the Emperor and the court, eventually demonstrating the opening scene.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Baron Von Swieten, Johann Von StrackMozart rehearses the opening of The Marriage of Figaro.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSalieri learns from Orsini-Rosenberg and Bonno that Mozart is rehearsing.
Antonio Salieri, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Giuseppe BonnoOrsini-Rosenberg interrupts the rehearsal to tear pages from Mozart's score.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Giuseppe BonnoMozart seeks Salieri's help after his score is damaged.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartThe Emperor attends the rehearsal unexpectedly and restores the ballet.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Johann Von Strack, Giuseppe BonnoThe public performance of The Marriage of Figaro.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Count Orsini-Rosenberg, Baron Von Swieten, Johann Von StrackSalieri and Mozart discuss the failure of Figaro.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSalieri's opera Axur is performed to great acclaim.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emperor Joseph II, Katherina Cavalieri, Emmanuel Schikaneder, Count Orsini-RosenbergMozart learns of his father's death during a party.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederPerformance of Don Giovanni.
Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartA parody of Don Giovanni is performed.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Constanze Mozart, Emmanuel SchikanederShe's not coming back, you know. She's gone for good. I did it and I'm proud of it. 'Leave,' I said. 'Right away! Take he child and go, just go. Here's the money! Go to the Spa and get your health back - that's if you can.' I was shocked. Shocked to my foundation. Is that my girl? Can that be my Stanzi? The happy little moppet I brought up, that poor trembling thing? Oh, you monster! No one exists but you, do they? You and your music! Do you know how often she's sat in that very chair, weeping her eyes out of her head because of you? I warned her. 'Choose a man, not a baby,' I said. But would she listen? Who listens? 'He's just a silly boy,' she says. Silly, my arse. Selfish - that's all you are. Selfish! Selfish, selfish, selfish, selfish, selfish.
Extraordinary! On the page it looked nothing. The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse - bassoons and basset horns - like a rusty squeezebox. Then suddenly - high above it - an oboe, a single note, hanging there unwavering, till a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing a voice of God.
But it's new, it's entirely new. It's so new, people will go mad for it. For example, I have a scene in the second act - it starts as a duet, just a man and wife quarreling. Suddenly the wife's scheming little maid comes in unexpectedly - a very funny situation. Duet turns into trio. Then the husband's equally screaming valet comes in. Trio turns into quartet. Then a stupid old gardener - quartet becomes quintet, and so on. On and on, sextet, septet, octet! How long do you think I can sustain that?
No, no, please! It is not a holy relic. You know we have met already? In this very room. Perhaps you won't remember it, you were only six years old. He was giving the most brilliant little concert here. As he got off the stool, he slipped and fell. My sister Antoinette helped him up herself, and do you know what he did? Jumped straight into her arms and said, Will you marry me, yes or no?
Sir, we really need this job. We're desperate. My husband spends far more than he can ever earn. I don't mean he's lazy - he's not at all - he works all day long. It's just! he's not practical. Money simply slips through his fingers, it's really ridiculous, Your Excellency. I know you help musicians. You're famous for it. Give him just this one post. We'd be forever indebted!
Dear God, enter me now. Fill me with one piece of true music. One piece with your breath in it, so I know that you love me. Please. Just one. Show me one sign of your favour, and I will show mine to Mozart and his wife. I will get him the royal position, and if she comes, I'll receive her with all respect and send her home in joy. Enter me! Enter me! Please! Te imploro.
Mozart, I am a tolerant man. I do not censor things lightly. When I do, I have good reason. Figaro is a bad play. It stirs up hatred between the classes. In France it has caused nothing but bitterness. My own dear sister Antoinette writes me that she is beginning to be frightened of her own people. I do not wish to see the same fears starting here.
Hush! I'm talking to His Majesty. Your Majesty, I wish to express only one thing - that you who are the Father of us all, could teach our children the gratitude they owe to fathers. It is not for nothing that the Fifth Commandment tells us: 'Honour your Father and Mother, that your days may be long upon the earth.'
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