Movie: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


The movie takes place in Vienna, Austria in the 1700's. The film begins
with the attempted suicide of Antonio Salieri, a court composer of the Austrian
Emperor. He is placed in a mental asylum where a priest visits and asks for his
confession. Salieri claims to have caused the death of Mozart. The rest of the
movie is a narration by the court composer, mostly in flashbacks, of how he
caused this death.
Salieri recounts that while he was playing games as a boy Mozart was
playing music for the King. At the age of four, Mozart composed his first
concerto, at seven, his first symphony, and at twelve, his first opera. He was
considered a child prodigy.
Salieri wished to become a famous composer, like his idol. However, his
father would not allow this. He didn't want his son to be a ‘trained monkey, on
tour around Europe performing tricks like a circus'. Salieri prayed to God and
what he considered a miracle happened: his father dies and he was......

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