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About
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.
Theatrical
Jun 11, 1999
Box Office
$9.5M
Budget
$18.0M
Return
0.5x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 14, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Rhombus Media, New Line Cinema, Mikado Film, Téléfilm Canada, CITY-TV, Film4 Productions, Euphoria Films, Shanghai Film Studio, China Film Co-Production, Salon Films, Sidecar Films & TV, Vienna Film Financing Fund, Dor Film
Original Title
Le violon rouge
Original Language
French
Cast
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Samuel L. Jackson
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
C
Carlo Cecchi
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
I
Irene Grazioli
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
A
Anita Laurenzi
Cesca (Cremona)
J
Jean-Luc Bideau
Georges Poussin (Vienna)
C
Clotilde Mollet
Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
F
Florentin Groll
Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
J
Johannes Silberschneider
Father Richter (Vienna)
R
Rainer Egger
Brother Christophe (Vienna)
W
Wolfgang Böck
Brother Michael (Vienna)
A
Arthur Denberg
Prince Mansfeld (Vienna)
G
Greta Scacchi
Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Jason Flemyng
Frederick Pope (Oxford)
D
Dimitri Andreas
Gypsy Father (Oxford)
D
David Gant
Conductor (Oxford)
S
Stuart Yung Sai-Kit
Manservant (Oxford)
S
Sylvia Chang
Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
L
Liu Zifeng
Chou Yuan (Shanghai)
T
Tao Hong
Comrade Chan Gong (Shanghai)
W
Wang Xiaoshuai
Junior Policeman (Shanghai)
