Mozart
1955This 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.
Acted in
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")
Albert Rueprecht
Richard Szokoll
as Mozart's son
Walter Varndal
Oskar Wegrostek
Helmut Wobisch
as Horn Player
Peter Brand
as Schack, actor of the Tamino