The Name of the Rose
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
7.5(3,354) 1986-09-24 130 minDramaThrillerMystery
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.
ScreenplayGérard Brach
ProducerAlexandre Mnouchkine
DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud
ProducerBernd Eichinger
ScreenplayAndrew Birkin
ScreenplayHoward Franklin
Original Music ComposerJames Horner
ScreenplayAlain Godard
Cast & characters
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
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
as Jorge de Burgos
William Hickey
as Ubertino da Casale
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Michael Habeck
as Berengar
Urs Althaus
as Venantius
Valentina Vargas
as The Girl
Ron Perlman
as Salvatore
Leopoldo Trieste
as Michele da Cesena
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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
F. Murray Abraham
as Bernardo Gui
Lucien Bodard
as Cardinal Bertrand
Peter Berling
as Jean d'Anneaux
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Pete Lancaster
as Bishop of Alborea
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Lars Bodin-Jorgensen
as Adelmo
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Giordano Falzoni
as Papal Envoy
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Franco Adducci
as Monk
