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