Mozart and Salieri

1962· 47 min★ 7.3· Drama, Music

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.

Cast: Pyotr Glebov, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Sergey Lemeshev

Director: Vladimir Gorikker