Magnificient Film

Rating: 8/10 (15 February 2020)

There were so many excellent performances given in this movie. One that seems to get lost in the shuffle is Richard Frank playing Father Voglar. For a large portion of the movie, he has NO dialogue. Just body language and facial expressions as he goes against F Murray Abraham's Oscar winning performance. He gets Abraham's character to speak by offering God's forgiveness. At the end, he is bent over clutching a cross and looks up at the laughing Antonio Salieri with tears on his face and a "RAGE" in his eyes by what has happened. Then Salieri comforts him at the end since he speaks for all "Mediocrities" as their "Patron Saint. His performance was incredible. A great tragedy that he died so young and did not have a long productive acting career. Anyone that studies acting should study the scenes he was in during this film.