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.
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Cast
Dimitri Andreas
Gypsy Father (Oxford)
Dany Laferrière
Cabby (Montréal)
Rémy Girard
Customs Agent (Montréal)
Greta Scacchi
Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Sylvia Chang
Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
Samuel L. Jackson
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Jean-Luc Bideau
Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Sandra Oh
Madame Ming (Montréal)
Rainer Egger
Brother Christophe (Vienna)
Tao Hong
Comrade Chan Gong (Shanghai)
Wang Xiaoshuai
Junior Policeman (Shanghai)
David La Haye
Handler (Montréal)
Don McKellar
Evan Williams (Montréal)
Gregory Hlady
Coat Attendant (Montréal)
James Bradford
Stagehand (Montréal)
Jason Flemyng
Frederick Pope (Oxford)
David Gant
Conductor (Oxford)
Clotilde Mollet
Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Florentin Groll
Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Russell Yuen
Older Ming (Montréal)
Dorothée Berryman
Secretary (Montréal)
Johannes Silberschneider
Father Richter (Vienna)
Carlo Cecchi
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Wolfgang Böck
Brother Michael (Vienna)
Stuart Yung Sai-Kit
Manservant (Oxford)
Monique Mercure
Mme. Leroux (Montréal)
Julian Richings
Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
Irene Grazioli
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Liu Zifeng
Chou Yuan (Shanghai)
Colm Feore
Auctioneer (Montréal)
Sylvia Stewart
Security Guard (uncredited)
Anita Laurenzi
Cesca (Cremona)