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