Nov 13, 1998
130 min
Full-HD

The Red Violin (1998)

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.

Category

Drama Thriller Mystery Music Romance

Country

Austria Canada China Hong Kong Italy United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

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

Carlo Cecchi

Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)

Irene Grazioli

Anna Bussotti (Cremona)

Anita Laurenzi

Cesca (Cremona)

Tommaso Puntelli

Apprentice (Cremona)

Samuele Amighetti

Boy (Cremona)

Jean-Luc Bideau

Georges Poussin (Vienna)

Samuel L. Jackson

Charles Morritz (Montréal)

Greta Scacchi

Victoria Byrd (Oxford)

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