Movie · 1998
The Red Violin
Released 13 November 1998 130 min Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Music / Romance More from 1998 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Monique Mercure
as Mme. Leroux (Montréal)
James Bradford
as Stagehand (Montréal)
Carlo Cecchi
as Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)
Jean-Luc Bideau
as Georges Poussin (Vienna)
David Gant
as Conductor (Oxford)
Florentin Groll
as Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Dorothée Berryman
as Secretary (Montréal)
Samuel L. Jackson
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Rémy Girard
as Customs Agent (Montréal)
Wolfgang Böck
as Brother Michael (Vienna)
Sylvia Chang
as Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
Johannes Silberschneider
as Father Richter (Vienna)
Rainer Egger
as Brother Christophe (Vienna)
Irene Grazioli
as Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Clotilde Mollet
as Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Don McKellar
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
David La Haye
as Handler (Montréal)
Anita Laurenzi
as Cesca (Cremona)
Tommaso Puntelli
as Apprentice (Cremona)
Aldo Brugnini
as Assistant (Cremona)
Samuele Amighetti
as Boy (Cremona)
Christoph Koncz
as Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
Paul Koeker
as Brother Gustav (Vienna)
Dimitri Andreas
as Gypsy Father (Oxford)
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The numbers
0.5×$18m budget became $9m at the box office
35years between the oldest and youngest billed
67Monique Mercure — oldest on the call sheet
32David La Haye — youngest billed
47average age of the credited cast