The Name of the Rose

Sep 24, 1986

2h 10m

★ 7.5

Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?

Overview

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Cristaldifilm

Les Films Ariane

ZDF

RAI

Constantin Film

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Cast

William of Baskerville

Sean Connery

Adso of Melk

Christian Slater

Remigio da Varagine

Helmut Qualtinger

Severinus

Elya Baskin

The Abbot

Michael Lonsdale

Malachia

Volker Prechtel

Jorge de Burgos

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

Ubertino da Casale

William Hickey

Berengar

Michael Habeck

Venantius

Urs Althaus

The Girl

Valentina Vargas

Salvatore

Ron Perlman

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