Mozart is a 1955 Austrian drama film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Oskar Werner, Johanna Matz and Gertrud Kückelmann.[1] It is also known by the alternative title The Life and Loves of Mozart. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The plot explores the mental state of Mozart during production of his final opera The Magic Flute. Werner's portrayal of Mozart was unusual for the time in playing him as a cheerful and easygoing young man, reflecting the postwar optimism of the newly restored Austrian Republic.[3]
| Mozart | |
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| Directed by | Karl Hartl |
| Written by | Karl Hartl Egon Komorzynski Franz Tassié |
| Produced by | J. W. Beyer Julius Jonak A. I. Paulini |
| Starring | Oskar Werner Johanna Matz Gertrud Kückelmann |
| Cinematography | Oskar Schnirch |
| Edited by | Henny Brünsch |
| Music by | Hans Swarowsky |
Production company | Cosmopol-Film |
| Distributed by | Cosmopol-Film Columbia Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Werner Schlichting and Wolf Witzemann.
Cast edit
- Oskar Werner as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Johanna Matz as Annie Gottlieb
- Erich Kunz as Emanuel Schikaneder
- Gertrud Kückelmann as Constanze Mozart
- Nadja Tiller as Louise Weber Lange
- Annie Rosar as Frau Weber
- Hugo Gottschlich as Don Primus
- Angelika Hauff as Suzi Gerl
- Albin Skoda as Antonio Salieri, village composer
- Raoul Aslan as Rosenberg, Hofkämmerer
- 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 an unknown person, orderer of the Requiem
- Helli Servi as Lina, Mozart's servant
- Raoul Retzer as Gerl, Sarasto's actor
- Elisabeth Terval as Eleonore Gottlieb
- Egon von Jordan as Bondini, ital. Impresario
- Fred Hennings as Van Swieten
- Franz Böheim as stage manager of the theatre
- Peter Brand as Schack, Taminos' actor
- Karl Eidlitz as Hoffmeister, Musikallienhändler
- Karl Skraup as Valentin
References edit
- ^ von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 165. ISBN 0-7864-2078-2.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Mozart". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Fritsche, Maria (2013). Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Film Europa. Berghahn Books. p. 62. ISBN 0-85745-945-7. JSTOR j.ctt9qcvz8.
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