The Red Violin
movie

Released November 13, 1998
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.
Cast
Carlo Cecchi
as
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Irene Grazioli
as
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
as
Cesca (Cremona)
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Tommaso Puntelli
as
Apprentice (Cremona)
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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)
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Aldo Brugnini
as
Assistant (Cremona)
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Christoph Koncz
as
Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
Clotilde Mollet
as
Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Florentín Groll
as
Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Crew
François Girard
as
Director
Don McKellar
as
Writer
François Girard
as
Writer
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Renée April
as
Costume Design
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John Corigliano
as
Original Music Composer
Ernest Vincze
as
Camera Operator
Matthias Gohl
as
Music Producer
Alain Dostie
as
Director of Photography
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Gaétan Huot
as
Editor
Niv Fichman
as
Producer
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Daniel Iron
as
Co-Producer
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Giannandrea Pecorelli
as
Co-Producer