The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

39 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Oct. 11, 1986

A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of the Rose". From actors perspectives to the ideas used by the director to produce an impeccable international epic adaptation of Umberto Eco's best selling novel, the film presents the obstacles behind the creation of a production of such large scale and also the making of the many difficult scenes, most of the ones presented here are the characters' murders inside the mysterious abbey.

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

39 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Oct. 11, 1986

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of the Rose". From actors perspectives to the ideas used by the director to produce an impeccable international epic adaptation of Umberto Eco's best selling novel, the film presents the obstacles behind the creation of a production of such large scale and also the making of the many difficult scenes, most of the ones presented here are the characters' murders inside the mysterious abbey.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers ORF, ZDF, Paolo-Film
Original title Die Abtei des Verbrechens: Umberto Ecos 'Der Name der Rose' wird verfilmt
Directors Wolfgang Würker, Sylvia Strasser
Writers

Cast

Umberto Eco

as Self

Sean Connery

as Self

Dante Ferretti

as Self

Bernd Eichinger

as Self

Jacques Le Goff

as Self

Volker Prechtel

as Self

Michael Habeck

as Self

Ron Perlman

as Self (uncredited)

Valentina Vargas

as Self (uncredited)