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The Red Violin

Original title: Le violon rouge

  • Movie
  • 1998
  • R
  • 2h 10m

Directed by François Girard

7.3

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7.3 out of 10 from 466 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Samuel L. Jackson

    Samuel L. JacksonCharles Morritz (Montréal)

  • Carlo Cecchi

    Carlo CecchiNicolo Bussotti (Cremona)

  • Irene Grazioli

    Irene GrazioliAnna Bussotti (Cremona)

  • Anita LaurenziCesca (Cremona)

  • Tommaso PuntelliApprentice (Cremona)

  • Aldo BrugniniAssistant (Cremona)

  • Samuele AmighettiBoy (Cremona)

  • Jean-Luc Bideau

    Jean-Luc BideauGeorges Poussin (Vienna)

  • Christoph KonczKaspar Weiss (Vienna)

  • Clotilde Mollet

    Clotilde MolletAntoinette Pussin (Vienna)

  • Florentin Groll

    Florentin GrollAnton von Spielmann (Vienna)

  • Johannes Silberschneider

    Johannes SilberschneiderFather Richter (Vienna)

  • Rainer Egger

    Rainer EggerBrother Christophe (Vienna)

  • Paul KoekerBrother Gustav (Vienna)

  • Wolfgang Böck

    Wolfgang BöckBrother Michael (Vienna)

  • Josef MairginterBrother Franz (Vienna)

  • Johan GotschFuneral Monk (Vienna)

  • Geza Hosszu-LegockyGypsy Violonist (Vienna)

Director
François Girard
Writer
François Girard and Don McKellar
Music
John Corigliano
Cinematography
Alain Dostie