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