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Screenplay Gérard Brach, Andrew Birkin, Alain Godard, Howard Franklin
Director Jean-Jacques Annaud

The Name of the Rose

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

Release Date: 1986-09-24

Duration: 130 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Ron Perlman
    Salvatore
  • F. Murray Abraham
    Bernardo Gui
  • Christian Slater
    Adso of Melk
  • William Hickey
    Ubertino da Casale
  • Sean Connery
    William of Baskerville
  • Kim Rossi Stuart
    Novitiate
  • Elya Baskin
    Severinus
  • Francesco Scali
    Monk
  • Vernon Dobtcheff
    Hugh of Newcastle
  • Leopoldo Trieste
    Michele da Cesena