The Red Violin(1998)

🎬130 min
📅1998-11-13
🎭Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Music, Romance
7.4/10

Overview

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.

Production

Rhombus Media, New Line Cinema, Mikado Film, Téléfilm Canada, CITY-TV, Film4 Productions, Euphoria Films, Shanghai Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corp., Salon Films, Sidecar Films & TV, Vienna Film Financing Fund, Dor Film

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Cast

Carlo Cecchi
as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Irene Grazioli
as Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
as Cesca (Cremona)
Tommaso Puntelli
as Apprentice (Cremona)
Samuele Amighetti
as Boy (Cremona)
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Samuel L. Jackson
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Greta Scacchi
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Aldo Brugnini
as Assistant (Cremona)
Christoph Koncz
as Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)