critically comment on the relationship between Mozart and Salieri throughout this drama

The film is a male-dominated landscape, and various male characters compete against each other. Mozart, for example, insults and publicly humiliates Salieri many times. Upon meeting Emperor Joseph II, Mozart calls a piece that Salieri writes repetitive and simplistic, and improves the piece on the spot. Salieri retaliates in more covert ways. He employs a maidservant, Lorl, to spy on Mozart, and then uses the information he gains from her to sabotage Mozart's operas. Whereas Mozart performs his actions out in the open, Salieri is duplicitous throughout the film. Mozart is unaware of Salieri's various actions against him, and, as the film progresses, Mozart even begins to see Salieri as some sort of confidant. Salieri, unfortunately, is not Mozart's only competitor in the film. Count Orsini-Rosenberg and Kapellmeister Bonno, other influential musical figures in Emperor Joseph II's court, join Salieri's plot to sabotage Mozart's work. All three men's actions are driven by a strong sense of jealousy towards Mozart; Salieri, however, takes it to another level.