Film record

The Red Violin

Original title: Le Violon rouge

1998Feature film125 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
Italy · United Kingdom · Canada
Languages
English · French · Italian · German · Romany
Genres
drama film · romance film · musical film · crime film · mystery film

Credits

Cinematography

Alain Dostie — Cinematography

Costume

Renée April — Costume design

Direction

François Girard — Directing

Editing

Gaëtan Huot — Editing

Music

John Corigliano — Music composition

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson — Acting (Charles Morritz)
Colm Feore — Acting (Auctioneer)
Monique Mercure — Acting (Madame Leroux)
Don McKellar — Acting (Evan Williams)
Sylvia Chang — Acting (Xiang Pei)
Jason Flemyng — Acting (Frederick Pope)
Greta Scacchi — Acting (Victoria Byrd)
Carlo Cecchi — Acting (Nicolò Bussotti)
Anita Laurenzi — Acting (Cesca)
Irene Grazioli — Acting (Anna Rudolfi Bussotti)
Jean-Luc Bideau — Acting (Georges Poussin)
Rémy Girard — Acting (Customs Agent)
Sandra Oh — Acting (Madame Ming)
Wang Xiaoshuai — Acting (one of the four cops)
Tao Hong — Acting (Chen Gang)
Julian Richings — Acting (Nicolas Olsberg)
Clotilde Mollet — Acting (Antoinette Poussin)
Dorothée Berryman — Acting
David Gant — Acting
Gregory Hlady — Acting
David La Haye — Acting
Wolfgang Böck — Acting
Florentin Groll — Acting
Russell Yuen — Acting (Older Ming)
Viktors Lorencs — Acting
Christoph Koncz — Acting (Kaspar Weiss)
Joshua Bell — Acting (First violin)

Production

Niv Fichman — Production

Writing

François Girard — Screenwriting
Don McKellar — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
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Production

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International
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Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

Canada · Original release
3 Sep 1998Checked 5 Oct 2026
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