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The Red Violin (1998) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

François Girard

Writing Credits  

Don McKellar ... (written by)
 
François Girard ... (written with)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

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 ... Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Christoph Koncz Christoph Koncz ... Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)
Clotilde Mollet ... Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)
Rainer Egger Rainer Egger ... Brother Christophe (Vienna)
Wolfgang Böck ... Brother Michael (Vienna)
Florentin Groll Florentin Groll ... Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)
Johannes Silberschneider ... Father Richter (Vienna)
Arthur Denberg Arthur Denberg ... Prince Mansfeld (Vienna)
Paul Koeker Paul Koeker ... Brother Gustav (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)
Andrzej Matuszewiski Andrzej Matuszewiski ... Gypsy Violonist (Vienna)
Jason Flemyng ... Frederick Pope (Oxford)
Greta Scacchi ... Victoria Byrd (Oxford)
Eva Marie Bryer Eva Marie Bryer ... Sara (Oxford)
Dimitri Andreas Dimitri Andreas ... Gypsy Father (Oxford)
David Gant ... Conductor (Oxford)
Stuart Ong ... Manservant (Oxford)
Sylvia Chang ... Xiang Pei (Shanghai)
Zifeng Liu Zifeng Liu ... Chou Yuan (Shanghai) (as Zi Feng Liu)
Hong Tao ... Comrade Chan Gong (Shanghai)
Kunqi Cao Kunqi Cao ... Deputy (Shanghai) (as Kun Qi Cao)
Xio Fei Han Xio Fei Han ... Young Ming (Shanghai)
Zengwei Tan Zengwei Tan ... Guard (Shanghai) (as Zeng Wei Tan)
Samuel L. Jackson ... Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Zhiqing Zhou Zhiqing Zhou ... Senior Policeman (Shanghai) (as Zhi Qing Zhou)
Xiaoshuai Wang ... Junior Policeman (Shanghai)
Zhi Qiao Zhi Qiao ... Elderly Woman (Shanghai)
Rui Yang Rui Yang ... Young Xian Pei (Shanghai) (as Tang Ren)
Lidou Lidou ... Pawnbroker (Shanghai)
Kai Zhang Kai Zhang ... Rally Speaker (Shanghai)
Colm Feore ... Auctioneer (Montréal)
Monique Mercure ... Madame Leroux (Montréal)
Don McKellar ... Evan Williams (Montréal)
Ireneusz Bogajewicz Ireneusz Bogajewicz ... Mr. Ruselsky (Montréal)
Julian Richings ... Nicolas Olsberg (Montréal)
Russell Yuen ... Older Ming (Montréal)
Sandra Oh ... Madame Ming (Montréal)
Paula de Vasconcelos ... Suzanne (Montréal)
Rémy Girard ... Customs Agent (Montréal)
Marie-Josée Gauthier ... Hotel Concierge (Montréal)
Dany Laferrière ... Cabby (Montréal)
Dorothée Berryman ... Secretary (Montréal)
David La Haye ... Handler (Montréal)
Gregory Hlady ... Coat Attendant (Montréal)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Bradford ... Stagehand (Montréal)
Sheena Macdonald ... Ruselsky's Companion (Montréal)
Herman Meckler Herman Meckler ... Registrar (Montréal)
Jody Shapiro Jody Shapiro ... Autograph Seeker (Montréal)
Joshua Bell ... Violinist (Oxford) (uncredited)
Serge Martineau Serge Martineau ... Scanner (uncredited)
Sylvia Stewart ... Security Guard (uncredited)

Produced by 

Niv Fichman ... producer
Debra Hauer ... producer: Oxford
Daniel Iron ... co-producer
Danny Krausz ... associate producer
Giannandrea Pecorelli ... co-producer
Barbara Shrier ... line producer
André Viau ... producer

Music by 

John Corigliano

Cinematography by 

Alain Dostie

Editing by 

Gaétan Huot

Casting By 

Deirdre Bowen
Rita Forzano
Andrea Kenyon

Production Design by 

François Séguin

Art Direction by 

Martyn John

Set Decoration by 

Judy Farr

Costume Design by 

Renée April

Makeup Department 

Giacinto Bretti ... makeup assistant: Italy
Marietta Carter-Narcisse ... makeup and hair stylist: Samuel L. Jackson
Michela Cingolani ... hair assistant: Italy
Kathy Ducker ... assistant makeup artist: Oxford
Réjean Goderre ... hairstylist
Pat Hay ... make-up artist: Oxford unit / makeup artist: Oxford
Meinir Jones-Lewis ... assistant makeup artist: Oxford
Ferdinando Merolla ... hair stylist: Italy
Serge Morache ... second key hair stylist
Rosario Prestopino ... makeup artist: Italy
Cécile Rigault ... assistant makeup artist
Petra Schaumann ... assistant hair stylist: Oxford
Suzanne Stokes-Munton ... hair stylist: Oxford
Barbara Sutton ... assistant hairdresser: London
Micheline Trépanier ... makeup artist: Montreal
Nathalie Trépanier ... makeup artist
Adolf Uhrmacher ... makeup artist: Vienna
Hannelore Uhrmacher ... hair stylist: Austria

Production Management 

Peter Alves ... post-production supervisor
Lucie Bouliane ... production manager
Tommaso Calevi ... production manager
Marie-Hélène Coutu ... unit manager: Montreal
Simon Crawford-Collins ... unit manager: Oxford
Frédéric Desproges ... production manager: additional photography
Riccardo Folgore ... unit manager
Sophie Gardiner ... production supervisor: Oxford
Giuseppe Tobia Mafezzoni ... assistant production manager: Italy, Cremona
Robert Opratko ... production manager: Austria / production manager: Vienna
Norman Patocka ... unit manager: Austria
Cristina Romagnoli ... unit production manager: Italy (as Christina Romagnoli)
Giorgio Vacchelli ... assistant production manager: Italy/Cremona

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Buck Deachman ... second assistant director
Olivier Gérard ... first assistant director: Italy
Trent Hurry ... third assistant director: Montreal
Jennifer Jonas ... assistant director
Carlo Paramidani ... second assistant director: Italy
Jeanette Rosenmaier ... second assistant director: Austria
Daniel Shepherd ... third assistant director: Oxford
Toby Sherborne ... second assistant director: Oxford
Stefano Voltaggio ... third assistant director
David Webb ... first assistant director: China
Bill Yip ... first assistant director: Canada

Art Department 

Giancarlo Aymerich ... assistant art director: Italy
Will Ayres ... stand-by props
Patrice Bengle ... property manager: Montreal
Beau Blaireau ... scenic painter: Montreal
Maria Blümel ... decorator: Austria
Mick Boleyn ... construction manager
Cecile Braemer ... assistant production designer
Rejean Brochu ... construction supervisor
Mariane Carter ... assistant production designer (as Marianne Carter)
Denis Caspar ... graphic artist
Sabrina Coppolecchia ... assistant art director: Italy
Manfred Ebner ... assistant art director: Austria
Judy Farr ... set decorator: Oxford
Emita Frigato ... art director: Italy
Luc Gagnier ... swing gang: Montreal
François Gascon ... swing gang: Montreal
Martyn John ... art director: Oxford
Jamie Knutson ... swing
Eric Lafrance ... carpenter
Pierre-Guy Lapointe ... assistant decorator: Montreal
Rebecca Loncraine ... assistant art director
Luciano Magagnini ... property master
Fritz Martan ... construction supervisor: Austria
Fritz Müller ... assistant props: Austria
Collin Niemi ... assistant art director
Adolf Nurschinger ... property master: Austria
Pierre Perrault ... set decorator: Montreal
Raymond Perry ... property master (as Ray Perry)
Susanne Quendler-Kopf ... art director: Austria
Mario Racicot ... assistant props: Montreal
Daren Reynolds ... stand-by props (as Darren Reynolds)
Franz Schritter ... construction supervisor: Austria
Santo Spalla ... painter: Italy
Paul Turley ... props
Claudio Villa ... property master

Sound Department 

Jo Caron ... foley recordist
Eric A. Christoffersen ... dolby consultant
Jérôme Décarie ... foley artist
Carole Gagnon ... dialogue editor
Bernard Gariépy Strobl ... re-recording mixer / rerecording
Claude La Haye ... sound engineer / sound
Benoit Leduc ... foley assistant
Jacques Lévy ... adr: Paris
Lawrence Manchester ... additional engineering
Tchae Measroch ... foley assistant
Antoine Morin ... sound effects editor
Dominik Pagacz ... sound effects assistant editor
Guy Pelletier ... dialogue editor / sound editor
Jacques Plante ... adr supervisor
Marcel Pothier ... sound mixer / sound
Francis Péloquin ... boom operator
Hans Peter Strobl ... sound mixer / sound
Katrina Walsh ... adr coordinator
Michael Willis ... assistant dialogue editor
Mario Lorenzo ... Catalan re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by 

Jean Raymond Bourque ... visual effects executive producer: Buzz Image Group
Frank D'Iorio ... digital compositor: Buzzimage Group
Dominic Daigle ... cgi animator
Mathieu Dupuis ... digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Jamie Hallett ... optical cameraman
Stéphane Landry ... visual effects director: Buzz Image Group
Serge Langlois ... scanning: Buzz Image Group
Yves Laniel ... visual effects line producer
François Lord ... digital effects artist
Bruce Mau ... title design
Andre U. Montambeault ... digital compositor
Pedro Pires ... visual effects art director: Buzz Image Group
Chris Pommer ... title design
Robin Tremblay ... computer graphics animator: Miscellaneous crew, Special Effects / visual effects matte painting
Margaret Hutz ... digital restoration artist (uncredited)
Mark Tureski ... optical effects (uncredited)

Stunts 

Desmond Campbell ... stunt double: Morritz
Jere Gillis ... stunts
Stéphane Lefebvre ... stunt coordinator
David McKeown ... stunt driver
John Ross ... stunt driver
Michael Scherer ... stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department 

Werner Bacciu ... grip: Italy
Stefano Biscaro ... key grip
André Caron ... electrician: Montreal
Michel Caron ... electrician: Montreal
Daniel Chrétien Jr. ... additional electrician: Montréal
Daniel Chrétien ... gaffer
Peter Czucka ... best boy grip: Austria
Jean-Maurice de Ernsted ... key grip
Massimiliano Dessena ... grip: Italy
Francesco Di Giacomo ... second assistant camera
Sylvaine Dufaux ... additional camera operator: "b" camera / first assistant camera: "a" camera
Mick Duffield ... best boy grip: Oxford
Sergio Faina ... grip: Italy
Michael Fiala ... electrician: Austria
Normand Fortin ... best boy electric: Montreal
Julie Garceau ... video assist operator
Alan Grayley ... electrician: Oxford
Gernot 'Niki' Griedl ... electrician
Jacques Yves Gucia ... still photographer
David Jerrett ... electrician / grip: Austria
Kimber Lee Jerrett ... best girl electric: Vienna
Corinne Joudiou ... clapper loader: Montreal
Brian Kemp ... best boy electric: Oxford
Paul Kemp ... electrician: Oxford
Michael Kraxner ... grip: Austria
Andrea Lotici ... assistant electrician: Cremona, Italy
Marion Mailhot ... grip: Montreal
Bob Marshak ... still photographer
Denis-Noel Mostert ... steadicam operator
Marcello Muro ... clapper loader: Italy
Ernesto Natoli ... assistant camera
Véronique Plourde ... grip: Montreal
Massimiliano Quaglietti ... electrician: Italy
Piero Quaglietti ... electrician: Italy
Alberto Rogante ... gaffer
Salvatore Ruberto ... electrician: Italy
Jean-François Sauvageau ... best boy grip: Montreal
Salvatore Scala ... assistant electrician: Cremona, Italy
Bernhard Schober ... grip
Federico Scoponi ... assistant grip: Cremona, Italy
Takashi Seida ... still photographer
Dan Shoring ... clapper loader: Oxford
Terry Townsend ... electrician: Oxford
Ernest Vincze ... second unit camera operator: Oxford
Richard Wagner ... assistant camera: Vienna
Fritz Wessely ... electrician: Austria
Massimiliano Trevis ... camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department 

Sylvie Brocheré ... additional casting
Nadia Cavalli ... additional casting: Cremona, Italy
Jenny Duffy ... casting assistant (as Jennifer Duffy)
Rita Forzano ... additional casting
Andrea Kenyon ... additional casting
Clare Moseley ... extras casting: Oxford
Lucie Robitaille ... additional casting
Markus Schleinzer ... casting: Austria
Mary Selway ... additional casting
Daniela Stibitz ... casting: Austria
Randi Wells ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Fabienne April ... dresser: Montreal
Henri Aubertin ... set costumer
Mariane Carter ... assistant costume designer (as Marianne Carter)
Mark DeCoste ... wardrobe (as Mark Decoste)
Waltraut Freitag ... dresser: Austria
Martine Gagnon ... assistant costume designer
Maria Rosario Galante ... costume coordinator: Italy
Rose Goodhart ... wardrobe assistant (as Rose Goodheart)
Iona Kenrick ... dresser: Oxford
Claudette Lilly ... costume assistant
Janet Moira ... dresser: Oxford
Katharina Nikl ... dresser: Austria
Thomas Oláh ... costume coordinator
Shizuko Omachi ... costume assistant: Italy
Michel Proulx ... tailor: Montreal
Bertilla Silvestrin ... dresser: Italy
Ros Ward ... wardrobe coordinator

Editorial Department 

François Corbeil ... assistant editor
Louis-Philippe Rathé ... assistant editor
Margaret Hutz ... digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Location Management 

Leonardo Caracciolo ... location manager: Italy
Alana Cymerman ... assistant location manager
Phil Hounam ... location manager: Oxford
Andreas Payer ... location manager: Austria
Michèle St-Arnaud ... location manager

Music Department 

Joshua Bell ... music consultant / musician: solo violin
Alison Booth ... music production coordinator
Nicholas Bucknall ... musician: clarinet
Peter Cho ... music production coordinator
John Corigliano ... orchestrator
François Girard ... executive music producer
Matthias Gohl ... music producer
Joel Iwataki ... music mixer / music recordist
Todd Kasow ... music editor
Guy Pelletier ... music editor
The Philharmonia Orchestra ... musicians: orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen ... conductor: The Philharmonia Orchestra

Script and Continuity Department 

Marie La Haye ... continuity

Transportation Department 

Thomas Fuchs ... transportation department

Additional Crew 

Jean-François Aubin ... production assistant
Charles Beare ... violin builder
Francesco Bini ... assistant choreographer: Cremona, Italy
Lorenzo Carnevali ... assistant choreographer: Cremona, Italy
Francis Choquette ... production assistant
Carmela Compagnone ... production accountant
Rebecca Cotterill ... production coordinator: Oxford
Julie Cyrenne ... assistant production accountant
Hélène Grimard ... production accountant (as Hélène Gallizzi)
Irene Iversen ... second continuity: Vienna
Susan Jacobs ... publicist
Kristjan Järvi ... assistant: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Serge Martineau ... stand-in
Bruce Mau ... title design
Johanne Pelletier ... production coordinator
Helen Pratt ... production coordinator: Oxford
Rebecca Starr ... voice-over: Anna's theme
Fran Weston ... production assistant
Patrik Attenhofer ... production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks 

Frank Desgagnes ... thanks
Yo-Yo Ma ... With Thanks To
Jonathan Weisgal ... special thanks

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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