Mozart (1955 film) explained

Mozart
Director:	Karl Hartl
Producer:	J. W. Beyer Julius Jonak A. I. Paulini
Starring:	Oskar Werner Johanna Matz Gertrud Kückelmann
Music:	Hans Swarowsky
Cinematography:	Oskar Schnirch
Editing:	Henny Brünsch
Studio:	Cosmopol-Film
Distributor:	Cosmopol-Film Columbia Film
Runtime:	100 minutes
Country:	Austria
Language:	German

Mozart is a 1955 Austrian drama film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Oskar Werner, Johanna Matz and Gertrud Kückelmann.^[1] It is also known by the alternative title The Life and Loves of Mozart. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] The plot explores the mental state of Mozart during production of his final opera The Magic Flute. Werner's portrayal of Mozart was unusual for the time in playing him as a cheerful and easygoing young man, reflecting the postwar optimism of the newly restored Austrian Republic.^[3]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Werner Schlichting and Wolf Witzemann.

Cast

• Oskar Werner as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Johanna Matz as Annie Gottlieb
• Erich Kunz as Emanuel Schikaneder
• Gertrud Kückelmann as Constanze Mozart
• Nadja Tiller as Louise Weber Lange
• Annie Rosar as Frau Weber
• Hugo Gottschlich as Don Primus
• Angelika Hauff as Suzi Gerl
  • Albin Skoda as Antonio Salieri, village composer Raoul Aslan as Rosenberg, Hofkämmerer
• Walter Regelsberger as Süßmayer, Mazart's Famulus
• Elfie Weissenböck as Josefa Hofer - Queen of the Night
• Alma Seidler as Gottlieb's mother
• Ulrich Bettac as Gottlieb's father
• Leopold Rudolf as an unknown person, orderer of the Requiem
• Helli Servi as Lina, Mozart's servant
• Raoul Retzer as Gerl, Sarasto's actor
• Elisabeth Terval as Eleonore Gottlieb
• Egon von Jordan as Bondini, ital. Impresario
• Fred Hennings as Van Swieten
• Franz Böheim as stage manager of the theatre
• Peter Brand as Schack, Taminos' actor
• Karl Eidlitz as Hoffmeister, Musikallienhändler
• Karl Skraup as Valentin

Notes and References

1. Book: von Dassanowsky, Robert. Robert von Dassanowsky

   . Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland. Jefferson, NC. 2005. 165. 0-7864-2078-2.

2. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Mozart. 10 October 2021. Cannes Film Festival.
3. Book: Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books. Film Europa. 2013. 62. 0-85745-945-7. j.ctt9qcvz8.