The Name of the Rose

1986 · Movie · 131 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Based on the best-selling book by Italian author Umberto Eco. In the 14th Century, during a meeting of the papacy in a remote italian Abbey, a brilliant English monk, William of Baskerville, uses reason to solve a series of bizarre murders attributed to the devil--and risks being burned for heresy by the holy inquisition.

Direction Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast Sean Connery · Christian Slater · F. Murray Abraham · Michael Lonsdale · Valentina Vargas · Ron Perlman · Feodor Chaliapin Jr. · William Hickey · Volker Prechtel · Leopoldo Trieste · Helmut Qualtinger · Elya Baskin · Michael Habeck · Urs Althaus · Vernon Dobtcheff · Andrew Birkin