The Red Violin

May. 22,1999      R
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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)
Johannes Silberschneider as  Father Richter (Vienna)
Rainer Egger as  Brother Christophe (Vienna)
Wolfgang Böck as  Brother Michael (Vienna)

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