Mozart
1955
87 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Oskar Werner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johanna Matz
Annie Gottlieb
Gertrud Kückelmann
Constanze Mozart geb. Weber
Nadja Tiller
Aloysia Weber
Angelika Hauff
Suzi Gerl
Annie Rosar
Mutter Weber
Hugo Gottschlich
Don Primus, Hausmeister
Chariklia Baxevanos
Sophie Weber
Egon von Jordan
Bondini
Erich Kunz
Emanuel Schikaneder
Albin Skoda
Antonio Salieri, Court Composer
Raoul Aslan
Rosenberg, treasurer
Walter Regelsberger
Süssmayer, Mazart's Famulus
Elfie Weissenböck
Josefa Hofer - Queen of the Night
Alma Seidler
Gottlieb's mother
Ulrich Bettac
Gottlieb's father
Leopold Rudolf
a stranger, ordering the requiem
Helli Servi
Lina, maids with Mozart
Raoul Retzer
Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
Elisabeth Terval
Eleonore Gottlieb
Fred Hennings
Van Swieten
Franz Böheim
stage manager of the theater
Karl Eidlitz
Hoffmeister, music dealer
Karl Skraup
Valentin
Anton Dermota
Tamino (in "The Magic Flute")
Gottlob Frick
Sarastro (in "The Magic Flute")
Hilde Güden
Pamina (in "The Magic Flute")
Erika Köth
Queen of a Night (in "The Magic Flute")
Else Liebesberg
Papagena (in "The Magic Flute")
Albert Rueprecht
Richard Szokoll
Mozart's son
Walter Varndal
Oskar Wegrostek
Helmut Wobisch
Horn Player
Peter Brand
Schack, actor of the Tamino