In the movie Salieri deliberately sabotages Mozart, envious of the superior talent of a man he regards as morally mediocre. There is no historical evidence of anything more acrimonious than a friendly rivalry between the two composers; in fact, Salieri even tutored Mozart's younger son. The tradition that Salieri hated Mozart and was even responsible for his death comes from a work by Russian writer Pushkin, which inspired Peter Shaffer's drama on which this movie is based. Hence the saying "Salieri didn't murder Mozart, but Pushkin for sure murdered Salieri".

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