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Forget Mozart

1985-09-12 · 94 min · ★ 5.4

Drama · History

In the dead of night, a few hours after Mozart's death, the usual suspects are summoned to Mozart's room by Count Pergen, head of the secret police, who considered Mozart a potential revolutionary. Over the corpse, he interrogates them, trying to discover the true cause and significance of Mozart's demise.

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Directors
Miloslav Luther
Production companies
Slovenská filmová tvorba, Československá televízia Bratislava
Countries
Czechoslovakia, Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Max TidofMax TidofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Armin Mueller-StahlArmin Mueller-StahlGraf Pergen
Catarina RaackeConstanze
Katja FlintKatja FlintMagdalena Demel
Uwe OchsenknechtUwe OchsenknechtDirektor Emanuel Schikaneder
Wolfgang PreissWolfgang PreissBaron Gottfried van Swieten
Winfried GlatzederWinfried GlatzederAntonio Salieri
Jan BiczyckiJan BiczyckiDeiner
Kurt WeinzierlKurt WeinzierlArzt
Andrej HrycAndrej HrycFranz Seml
Zdeněk HradilákJoseph II.
Ladislav ChudíkLadislav ChudíkHaydn
Vladimír PetruškaArchbishop
Bronislav PoloczekBronislav Poloczek
Lubomír KostelkaLubomír KostelkaThorwald
Eva RysováEva Rysová
Tomáš Žilinčík
Naďa HejnáNaďa Hejná
Martin HečkoKarl Mozart
Juraj HrubantFigaro

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