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