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.
Release Date: 1998-11-13
Drama
Thriller
Mystery
Music
Romance
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Casts
Carlo Cecchi
as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Irene Grazioli
as Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
as Cesca (Cremona)
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Samuel L. Jackson
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Greta Scacchi
as Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Clotilde Mollet
as Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Florentín Groll
as Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Johannes Silberschneider
as Father Richter (Vienna)
Rainer Egger
as Brother Christophe (Vienna)
