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.
| Release Date | November 19, 1962 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Моцарт и Сальери | |
| Runtime | 47min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Original Language | Russian | |
| Production Countries | Soviet Union | |
| Production Companies | Rīgas kinostudija | |