The accent convention in this movie is: American accents are native German speakers. Non-American accents are foreigners even if the accent doesn't match the actual language. This is why Simon Callow (British) plays Schikaneder with an American accent, while Charles Kay speaks in his normal English accent to play Count Orsini-Rosenberg, considered in this piece to be Italian (although historically an Austrian). F. Murray Abraham, an American actor, affects a slight Italian accent for Salieri.

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