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