Amadeus

The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him. Now an elderly man in a wheelchair, Salieri begins to explain the story behind the rumors.
Salieri began his career as a devout man who believes his success and talent as a composer are God's rewards for his piety. He's also content as the respected, financially well-off, court composer of Austrian Emperor Joseph II.
Mozart is childish, arrogant, annoying and brilliant all at once. Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart's music is divine and miraculous, but he cannot reconcile such a vulgar creature with the "absolute beauty" of his God-given musical genius. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. He pleads with God that he, Salieri, may be His conduit. He cannot believe that Mozart would be chosen instead.
Salieri's envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is ready to take revenge against God and Mozart for his own musical mediocrity and vows to destroy Mozart as a way to wage war on God.
Eventually, both men have fallen: Salieri has become shameful, manipulative, unfeeling and bitter; Mozart is penniless, ill, disheartened and an alcoholic. But the questions still remain: Did Salieri really murder Mozart? Are the rumors and his confession true?