Salieri is used in the movie as a device to simplify the story line. There is a scene where Salieri sais to Mozart "You are the greatest composer known to me". This was actually what Haydn said to Mozart's father "Your son is the greatest composer know to me". Most of the things in the movie have their basis in truth, however the person really involved in the actual case was someone other than Salieri; even the person who commissioned the Requiem. I do not remember his name, but that person really did have the habit of commissioning works and then would try to pass them off as his creation.
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