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