The Red Violin [14283] Released: 1998-11-13 Revenue: $9,495,408 Budget: $18,000,000 Profit: $-8,504,592 Runtime: 130 mins Popularity: 2.0013 Vote Average: 7.357 Vote Count: 426 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 [58] Carlo CecchiNicolo Bussotti Irene GrazioliAnna Bussotti Anita LaurenziCesca Tommaso PuntelliApprentice Samuele AmighettiBoy Jean-Luc BideauGeorges Poussin Samuel L. JacksonCharles Morritz Greta ScacchiVictoria Byrd Aldo BrugniniAssistant Christoph KonczKaspar Weiss Clotilde MolletAntoinette Pussi Florentín GrollAnton von Spielm Johannes SilberschneiderFather Richter Rainer EggerBrother Christop Paul KoekerBrother Gustav Wolfgang BöckBrother Michael Josef MairginterBrother Franz Johan GotschFuneral Monk Geza Hosszu-LegockyGypsy Violonist David AlbermanGypsy Violonist Arthur DenbergPrince Mansfeld Andrzej MatuszewiskiGypsy Violonist Jason FlemyngFrederick Pope Eva Marie BryerSara Dimitri AndreasGypsy Father David GantConductor Stuart Yung Sai-KitManservant Sylvia ChangXiang Pei Liu ZifengChou Yuan Tao HongComrade Chan Gon Xio Fei HanYoung Ming Tan Zeng-WeiGuard Zhi Qing ZhouSenior Policeman Zhi QiaoElderly Woman Kun Qi CaoDeputy Rei YangYoung Xian Pei LidouPawnbroker Colm FeoreAuctioneer Monique MercureMme. Leroux Don McKellarEvan Williams Ireneusz BogajewiczMr. Ruselsky Julian RichingsNicolas Olsberg Russell YuenOlder Ming Sandra OhMadame Ming Paula de VasconcelosSuzanne Rémy GirardCustoms Agent Marie-Josée GauthierHotel Concierge Dany LaferrièreCabby Dorothée BerrymanSecretary David La HayeHandler Gregory HladyCoat Attendant Herman MecklerRegistrar Sheena MacdonaldRuselsky's Compa Jody ShapiroAutograph Seeker James BradfordStagehand Joshua BellViolinist Sylvia StewartSecurity Guard Wang XiaoshuaiJunior Policeman Trailers The Red Violin