The Red Violin
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.
Release Date:
1998-11-13
Runtime:
130 minutes
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Produced by:
Rhombus Media New Line Cinema Mikado Film Téléfilm Canada CITY-TV Film4 Productions Euphoria Films Shanghai Film Studio China Film Co-Production Salon Films Sidecar Films & TV Vienna Film Financing Fund Dor Film
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Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Carlo Cecchi
as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Irene Grazioli
as Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
as Cesca (Cremona)
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Tommaso Puntelli
as Apprentice (Cremona)
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Aldo Brugnini
as Assistant (Cremona)
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Samuele Amighetti
as Boy (Cremona)
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Georges Poussin (Vienna)
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Christoph Koncz
as Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
Clotilde Mollet
as Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Florentin Groll
as Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Johannes Silberschneider
as Father Richter (Vienna)
Rainer Egger
as Brother Christophe (Vienna)
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Paul Koeker
as Brother Gustav (Vienna)
Wolfgang Böck
as Brother Michael (Vienna)
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Josef Mairginter
as Brother Franz (Vienna)
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Johan Gotsch
as Funeral Monk (Vienna)
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Geza Hosszu-Legocky
as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)
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David Alberman
as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)
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Arthur Denberg
as Prince Mansfeld (Vienna)
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Andrzej Matuszewiski
as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)
Greta Scacchi
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Jason Flemyng
as Frederick Pope (Oxford)
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Eva Marie Bryer
as Sara (Oxford)
Dimitri Andreas
as Gypsy Father (Oxford)
David Gant
as Conductor (Oxford)
Stuart Yung Sai-Kit
as Manservant (Oxford)
Sylvia Chang
as Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
Liu Zifeng
as Chou Yuan (Shanghai)
Tao Hong
as Comrade Chan Gong (Shanghai)