Drama ·Thriller ·Mystery · France · 1986 · 2h 10m

The Name of the Rose

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Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
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
Crew
Tonino Delli Colli — Director of Photography Jane Seitz — Editor James Horner — Original Music Composer Gérard Brach — Screenplay Andrew Birkin — Screenplay Howard Franklin — Screenplay
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer The Name of the Rose — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or booklibrarychristianityinquisitionmonkpoisonsecret passagereligionlabyrinthrichmiddle ages (476-1453)persecution
Key Collaborators
Jean-Jacques Annaud Director Tonino Delli Colli Director of Photography Jane Seitz Editor James Horner Original Music Composer Gérard Brach Screenplay Andrew Birkin Screenplay Howard Franklin Screenplay Alain Godard Screenplay Umberto Eco Novel Alexandre Mnouchkine Producer Bernd Eichinger Producer Franco Cristaldi Producer
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