The Red Violin
7.4(455) 1998-11-13 130 minDramaThrillerMysteryMusic
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.
DirectorFrançois Girard
Original Music ComposerJohn Corigliano
ProducerNiv Fichman
ScreenplayFrançois Girard
ScreenplayDon McKellar
Cast & characters
Samuel L. Jackson
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Carlo Cecchi
as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Irene Grazioli
as Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
as Cesca (Cremona)
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Tommaso Puntelli
as Apprentice (Cremona)
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Aldo Brugnini
as Assistant (Cremona)
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Samuele Amighetti
as Boy (Cremona)
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Georges Poussin (Vienna)
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Christoph Koncz
as Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
Clotilde Mollet
as Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Florentin Groll
as Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Johannes Silberschneider
as Father Richter (Vienna)
Rainer Egger
as Brother Christophe (Vienna)
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Paul Koeker
as Brother Gustav (Vienna)
Wolfgang Böck
as Brother Michael (Vienna)
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Josef Mairginter
as Brother Franz (Vienna)
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Johan Gotsch
as Funeral Monk (Vienna)
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Geza Hosszu-Legocky
as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)
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David Alberman
as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)
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Arthur Denberg
as Prince Mansfeld (Vienna)
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Andrzej Matuszewiski
as Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)
Greta Scacchi
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Jason Flemyng
as Frederick Pope (Oxford)
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Eva Marie Bryer
as Sara (Oxford)
