The Red Violin

The Red Violin

movie19982h 10m7.3Released

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.

Budget$18.0M
Revenue$9.5M

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Charles Morritz (Montréal)

Carlo Cecchi

Carlo Cecchi

Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)

Irene Grazioli

Irene Grazioli

Anna Bussotti (Cremona)

Anita Laurenzi

Anita Laurenzi

Cesca (Cremona)

Jean-Luc Bideau

Jean-Luc Bideau

Georges Poussin (Vienna)

Clotilde Mollet

Clotilde Mollet

Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)

Florentin Groll

Florentin Groll

Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)

Johannes Silberschneider

Johannes Silberschneider

Father Richter (Vienna)

Rainer Egger

Rainer Egger

Brother Christophe (Vienna)

Wolfgang Böck

Wolfgang Böck

Brother Michael (Vienna)

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi

Victoria Byrd (Oxford)

Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng

Frederick Pope (Oxford)