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The Red Violin poster

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.

Release: 1998-11-13
Runtime: 130 min
Rating: 7.349 / 10
Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Carlo Cecchi
Carlo Cecchi
Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Irene Grazioli
Irene Grazioli
Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Anita Laurenzi
Anita Laurenzi
Cesca (Cremona)
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Tommaso Puntelli
Apprentice (Cremona)
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Aldo Brugnini
Assistant (Cremona)
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Samuele Amighetti
Boy (Cremona)
Jean-Luc Bideau
Jean-Luc Bideau
Georges Poussin (Vienna)
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Christoph Koncz
Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
Clotilde Mollet
Clotilde Mollet
Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Florentin Groll
Florentin Groll
Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Johannes Silberschneider
Johannes Silberschneider
Father Richter (Vienna)
Rainer Egger
Rainer Egger
Brother Christophe (Vienna)
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Paul Koeker
Brother Gustav (Vienna)
Wolfgang Böck
Wolfgang Böck
Brother Michael (Vienna)
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Josef Mairginter
Brother Franz (Vienna)
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Johan Gotsch
Funeral Monk (Vienna)
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Geza Hosszu-Legocky
Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)