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The Name of the Rose
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.
1986 · Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · 130 min · Drama · Thriller · Mystery · 19 frames
Tagline
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
Crew
- Screenplay: Gérard Brach, Andrew Birkin, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard
- Cinematography: Tonino Delli Colli
- Edited by: Jane Seitz
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: Dante Ferretti
- Produced by: Alexandre Mnouchkine, Bernd Eichinger, Franco Cristaldi, Bernd Schaefers
Cast
- Sean Connery as William of Baskerville
- Christian Slater as Adso of Melk
- Helmut Qualtinger as Remigio da Varagine
- Elya Baskin as Severinus
- Michael Lonsdale as The Abbot
- Volker Prechtel as Malachia
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Jorge de Burgos
- William Hickey as Ubertino da Casale
- Michael Habeck as Berengar
- Urs Althaus as Venantius
Production
- Country: France, Germany, Italy
- Language: English, Italian, Latin, German
- Studios: Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, ZDF, RAI
- Budget: $18,000,000
- Box office: $77,200,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, library, christianity, inquisition, monk, poison, secret passage, religion, labyrinth, rich
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