Is Your Favorite Movie Historically Accurate?

Published on July 24, 2019 By Jason Albert

Amadeus (1984)

While critics may love Amadeus, history buffs out there might have something to say about the whole thing. From basically the start of the movie, history is changed in order to accommodate the plot of Mozart and his musical life.

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In fact, the real-life version of Salieri wasn’t the angry and jealous bachelor the movie portrays. He was actually a father of eight children. Salieri invited Mozart to the opening of his opera, The Magic Flute – so they had to like each other a bit!