The Red Violin
Le Violon rouge
Release: 1998-11-13
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 7.4
Drama
Thriller
Mystery
Music
Romance
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.
Production Countries
Austria
Canada
China
Hong Kong
Italy
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Rhombus Media
New Line Cinema
Mikado Film
Téléfilm Canada
CITY-TV
Film4 Productions
Euphoria Films
Shanghai Film Studio
China Film Co-Production Corp.
Salon Films
Sidecar Films & TV
Vienna Film Financing Fund
Dor Film
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Russell Yuen
as Older Ming (Montréal)
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Dany Laferrière
as Cabby (Montréal)
Tao Hong
as Comrade Chan Gong (Shanghai)
Greta Scacchi
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Julian Richings
as Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
Sandra Oh
as Madame Ming (Montréal)
Wolfgang Böck
as Brother Michael (Vienna)
Jason Flemyng
as Frederick Pope (Oxford)
Rémy Girard
as Customs Agent (Montréal)
Gregory Hlady
as Coat Attendant (Montréal)
Sylvia Chang
as Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
Liu Zifeng
as Chou Yuan (Shanghai)
Don McKellar
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
Irene Grazioli
as Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Wang Xiaoshuai
as Junior Policeman (Shanghai)
Colm Feore
as Auctioneer (Montréal)
Anita Laurenzi
as Cesca (Cremona)
Florentín Groll
as Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Rainer Egger
as Brother Christophe (Vienna)
Dimitri Andreas
as Gypsy Father (Oxford)
Samuel L. Jackson
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Carlo Cecchi
as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
David Gant
as Conductor (Oxford)
Dorothée Berryman
as Secretary (Montréal)
James Bradford
as Stagehand (Montréal)
Monique Mercure
as Mme. Leroux (Montréal)
David La Haye
as Handler (Montréal)
Johannes Silberschneider
as Father Richter (Vienna)
Stuart Yung Sai-Kit
as Manservant (Oxford)
Clotilde Mollet
as Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Sylvia Stewart
as Security Guard (uncredited)
