Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Music / Romance
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…


Charles Morritz (Montréal)

Nicolo Bussotti (Cremona)

Anna Bussotti (Cremona)
Cesca (Cremona)
Apprentice (Cremona)
Assistant (Cremona)
Boy (Cremona)

Georges Poussin (Vienna)
Kaspar Weiss (Vienna)

Antoinette Pussin (Vienna)

Anton von Spielmann (Vienna)

Father Richter (Vienna)

Capt. Eugenio arrives in a remote castle to take charge of a unit guarding a nameless prisoner. No one knows much about the inmate as he is held in a forlorn tower. When the captain's wife Adele tries to shake her melancholia by playing the piano, she finds -- much to her surprise -- that she's being accompanied by violin music coming from the prison cell.

In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness.