The Red Violin (1998)
Le violon rouge
130 min
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.
- Release date
- September 3, 1998
- Country of origin
- Canada, Italy, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Box office
- $9,495,408
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Trailer
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
- Carlo Cecchi as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
- Irene Grazioli as Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
- Anita Laurenzi as Cesca (Cremona)
- Tommaso Puntelli as Apprentice (Cremona)
- Aldo Brugnini as Assistant (Cremona)
- Samuele Amighetti as Boy (Cremona)
- Jean-Luc Bideau as Georges Poussin (Vienna)
- 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)
- Wolfgang Böck as Brother Michael (Vienna)
- Arthur Denberg as Prince Mansfeld (Vienna)
- Greta Scacchi as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
- Jason Flemyng as Frederick Pope (Oxford)
- Dimitri Andreas as Gypsy Father (Oxford)
- David Gant as Conductor (Oxford)
- Stuart Ong as Manservant (Oxford)
- Sylvia Chang as Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
- Zifeng Liu as Chou Yuan (Shanghai)
- Hong Tao as Comrade Chan Gong (Shanghai)
Crew
- François Girard · Director
- Don McKellar · Writer
- François Girard · Writer
- Niv Fichman · Producer
- André Viau · Producer
- John Corigliano · Composer
- Alain Dostie · Cinematographer
- Gaétan Huot · Editor
- Deirdre Bowen · Casting director
- Rita Forzano · Casting director
- Andrea Kenyon · Casting director
- François Séguin · Production designer