Yes, the producers made some changes to the actual historical record, but that was mostly to "fill in the gaps" by imagining what life was like for Mozart's sister.
The academic discipline of history had little interest in the details of ordinary life until the second half of the 20th century, so what we know of the past is limited to what historians considered to be "important events in the lives of important people." Mozart's sister like most women of her era was not "important."
I liked this film and it's music, but I am not very knowledgeable about music, so I can understand the complaints I have read in the other comments. Still, for the non-expert it was wonderful.
The saddest scenes for me were of the French princesses locked away in a convent. Women who as little girls dreamed of being a princess should realize that this is a more realistic vision of what life was like for princesses in royal families, not the Disney version.
The academic discipline of history had little interest in the details of ordinary life until the second half of the 20th century, so what we know of the past is limited to what historians considered to be "important events in the lives of important people." Mozart's sister like most women of her era was not "important."
I liked this film and it's music, but I am not very knowledgeable about music, so I can understand the complaints I have read in the other comments. Still, for the non-expert it was wonderful.
The saddest scenes for me were of the French princesses locked away in a convent. Women who as little girls dreamed of being a princess should realize that this is a more realistic vision of what life was like for princesses in royal families, not the Disney version.