Scene from Amadeus (1984)
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Birth Name: Elizabeth Berridge
Birth Date: 1962-05-02
Birth Place: New Rochelle, Westchester County, United States
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Full Biography
Elizabeth Berridge (born May 2, 1962) is an American film and theatre actress. She is best-known for playing Constanze Mozart in the Academy Award winning 1984 film Amadeus.
Berridge was born in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter of George Berridge, a lawyer, and Mary L. Berridge (née Robinson), a social worker. The Berridge family settled in Larchmont, New York, where she attended Chatsworth Elementary School, there she began to perform and sing. Due to her acting commitments, she earned her diploma through an independent-study program at Mamaroneck High School.
Berridge was called in to audition for the part of Constanze Mozart after filming had already commenced in Prague on Amadeus. The actress who had begun the role, Meg Tilly, injured her leg in a neighborhood soccer game and had to quit the project. Two actresses were flown to Prague, and after a week's auditions Berridge was given the part (supposedly because the other actress was "too pretty" to play the part of an innkeeper's daughter). Berridge (and the other cast members) remained in Prague for six months to complete the onsite filming.
Elizabeth Berridge
About the Movie: Amadeus (1984)
Release Year: 1984
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
Director: Milos Forman, Miloš Forman
Writer: Peter Shaffer, Zdenek Mahler
Production & Genre
Producer(s): Producer: Saul Zaentz
Executive Producer: Bertil Ohlsson, Michael Hausman
Companies: The Saul Zaentz Company
Genre: Biographical Film, Biography, Drama, Flashback Film, History, Music, Musical Film
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Keywords
Keywords: 18th century, austria, based on play or musical, composer, emperor, envy, god, italy, marriage crisis, mozart, murder, musician, opera, talent, vienna, austria
Story
Antonio Salieri, a respected Italian composer serving as the court composer of Emperor Joseph II in Vienna, becomes filled with envy and resentment towards the remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri believes that Mozart's music is miraculous and divine, but struggles to understand why God favored Mozart over him despite his own piety and talent. He finds Mozart vulgar and shocking, further fueling his jealousy. Unable to bear this perceived injustice, Salieri decides to take revenge against both God and Mozart for his own musical mediocrity.
Summary
Amadeus is a 1984 biographical drama directed by Miloš Forman, based on the stage play 'Amadeus' by Peter Shaffer. The film explores themes of envy, talent, and divine favor through the lens of the rivalry between Antonio Salieri, a respected composer, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a prodigiously talented musician whose genius Salieri cannot match despite his own considerable gifts. Set in 18th-century Austria, the movie provides a fictionalized account of Mozart's life and death, intertwining historical facts with dramatic license to create a compelling narrative about one man's envy-fueled obsession.