The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

130 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 24, 1986

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.

The Name of the Rose

130 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 24, 1986

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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers RAI, ZDF, Les Films Ariane, Cristaldifilm
Original title The Name of the Rose
Directors Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers Alain Godard, Howard Franklin, Gérard Brach, Andrew Birkin, Umberto Eco

Cast

Sean Connery

as William of Baskerville

F. Murray Abraham

as Bernardo Gui

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

Valentina Vargas

as The Girl

Ron Perlman

as Salvatore

Leopoldo Trieste

as Michele da Cesena

Giordano Falzoni

as Papal Envoy

Franco Valobra

as Jerome of Kaffa

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Hugh of Newcastle

Donald O'Brien

as Pietro d'Assisi

Andrew Birkin

as Cuthbert of Winchester

Lucien Bodard

as Cardinal Bertrand

Peter Berling

as Jean d'Anneaux

Pete Lancaster

as Bishop of Alborea

Franco Adducci

as Monk

Niko Brücher

as Monk

Fabio Carfora

as Monk

Francesco Scali

as Monk

Peter Clös

as Monk

Mario Diano

as Monk

Franco Pistoni

as Monk

Maria Tedeschi

as Monk

Valerio Isidori

as Monk

Luigi Leoni

as Monk

Armando Marra

as Monk

Ludger Pistor

as Monk

Franco Diogene

as Papal Visitor

Dwight Weist

as Adso as an Old Man / The Narrator (Voice)

Franco Marino

as Soldier

Kim Rossi Stuart

as Novitiate