Mozart

Mozart

87 mins | Drama, Music | June 9, 1955

This movie takes place during the premiere of Mozart's Die Zauberfloete (The Magic Flute). Not really depicting his entire life and loves, much of this is fictionalized scatology. Although not without basis in fact, Mozart has attained a somewhat colorful reputation and this is really just more of the same. The music is a joy, but the movie bogs down in titillation. Mozart's last days were lived in poverty and disgrace--stemming chiefly from his embracing of the Freemason stance, which was essentially a heresy in Austria and the rest of Europe at that time. None of this is depicted and even a satyr could not sustain the lifestyle Mozart has been portrayed as having here. Still, this is an interesting movie and worth a listen to.

Mozart

87 mins | Drama, Music | June 9, 1955

Mozart
This movie takes place during the premiere of Mozart's Die Zauberfloete (The Magic Flute). Not really depicting his entire life and loves, much of this is fictionalized scatology. Although not without basis in fact, Mozart has attained a somewhat colorful reputation and this is really just more of the same. The music is a joy, but the movie bogs down in titillation. Mozart's last days were lived in poverty and disgrace--stemming chiefly from his embracing of the Freemason stance, which was essentially a heresy in Austria and the rest of Europe at that time. None of this is depicted and even a satyr could not sustain the lifestyle Mozart has been portrayed as having here. Still, this is an interesting movie and worth a listen to.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Cosmopol-Film
Original title Mozart
Directors Karl Hartl
Writers Egon Komorzynski, Franz Tassié, Karl Hartl

Cast

Oskar Werner

as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Johanna Matz

as Annie Gottlieb

Gertrud Kückelmann

as Constanze Mozart geb. Weber

Nadja Tiller

as Aloysia Weber

Angelika Hauff

as Suzi Gerl

Annie Rosar

as Mutter Weber

Hugo Gottschlich

as Don Primus, Hausmeister

Chariklia Baxevanos

as Sophie Weber

Egon von Jordan

as Bondini

Erich Kunz

as Emanuel Schikaneder

Albin Skoda

as Antonio Salieri, Court Composer

Raoul Aslan

as Rosenberg, treasurer

Walter Regelsberger

as Süssmayer, Mazart's Famulus

Elfie Weissenböck

as Josefa Hofer - Queen of the Night

Alma Seidler

as Gottlieb's mother

Ulrich Bettac

as Gottlieb's father

Leopold Rudolf

as a stranger, ordering the requiem

Helli Servi

as Lina, maids with Mozart

Raoul Retzer

as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto

Elisabeth Terval

as Eleonore Gottlieb

Fred Hennings

as Van Swieten

Franz Böheim

as stage manager of the theater

Karl Eidlitz

as Hoffmeister, music dealer

Karl Skraup

as Valentin

Anton Dermota

as Tamino (in "The Magic Flute")

Gottlob Frick

as Sarastro (in "The Magic Flute")

Hilde Güden

as Pamina (in "The Magic Flute")

Erika Köth

as Queen of a Night (in "The Magic Flute")

Else Liebesberg

as Papagena (in "The Magic Flute")

Richard Szokoll

as Mozart's son

Helmut Wobisch

as Horn Player

Peter Brand

as Schack, actor of the Tamino