Forget Mozart () is a 1985 West German-Czechoslovak mystery film directed by Miloslav Luther and starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Max Tidof, and Wolfgang Preiss.

Following the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a number of those who knew him are assembled to establish the cause of his death.

Forget Mozart

Cast

Max Tidof as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Graf Pergen

Katharina Raacke as Constanze Mozart

Wolfgang Preiss as Baron Gottfried van Swieten

Uwe Ochsenknecht as Director Emanuel Schikaneder

Winfried Glatzeder as Antonio Salieri

Kurt Weinzierl as doctor

as servant

Katja Flint as Magdalena Demel

Andrej Hryc as Franz Demel

Ladislav Chudík as Joseph Haydn

Zdenek Hradilák as Joseph II

Juraj Hrubant as Figaro

Andrej Malachovsky as Sarastro

as Thorwald

Naďa Hejná as Salieri's grandmother

Reception

Peter Keough of Chicago Reader wrote, "In Forget Mozart, only the Mozart remains memorable".

Forget Mozart

References

External links

1985 films

1980s mystery films

West German films

Czech mystery films

German mystery films

1980s German-language films

Films about classical music and musicians

Films about composers

Films about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cultural depictions of Antonio Salieri

Cultural depictions of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph Haydn

Films set in the 1790s

Films set in Vienna

1980s German films

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