poster

1998

R (11/13/1998) (AT)

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

2h 10m

73

User Score

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.

1998

73

User Score

R (11/13/1998) (AT)

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

2h 10m

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

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)

Tommaso Puntelli

Tommaso Puntelli

Apprentice (Cremona)

Aldo Brugnini

Aldo Brugnini

Assistant (Cremona)

Samuele Amighetti

Samuele Amighetti

Boy (Cremona)

Jean-Luc Bideau

Jean-Luc Bideau

Georges Poussin (Vienna)

Christoph Koncz

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)

Paul Koeker

Paul Koeker

Brother Gustav (Vienna)

Wolfgang Böck

Wolfgang Böck

Brother Michael (Vienna)

Josef Mairginter

Josef Mairginter

Brother Franz (Vienna)

Johan Gotsch

Johan Gotsch

Funeral Monk (Vienna)

Geza Hosszu-Legocky

Geza Hosszu-Legocky

Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)

David Alberman

David Alberman

Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)

Arthur Denberg

Arthur Denberg

Prince Mansfeld (Vienna)