Mozart and Salieri

Film version of the Rimsky Korsakov opera from the Pushkin story. Motsart i Salyeri (Mozart and Salieri), based on a legend that Salieri poisoned Mozart, meditates on the nature of creativity while introducing, in brilliantly compressed speeches, what was to be one of the important Russian themes—metaphysical rebellion against God.

Release Date

November 19, 1962

Status

Released

Original Title

Моцарт и Сальери

Runtime

47min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Russian

Production Companies

Rīgas kinostudija