The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

1986 "Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?"
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

7.7 | 2h10m | R | en | Drama

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.

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7.7 | 2h10m | R | en | Drama , Thriller , Mystery | More Info
Released: September. 24,1986 | Released Producted By: Constantin Film , RAI Country: Italy Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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.

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Sean Connery , F. Murray Abraham , Christian Slater

Director

Rainer Schaper

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Constantin Film , RAI

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Tweetienator I read the book written by Umberto Eco three or four times over the years and it is still an outstanding masterpiece - an exquisite thinker, a sharp and witty writer and someone with a great expertise in history, philosophy, and theology - not many writers have such an immense background they can use to make such a fine piece of literature. Like the book the movie directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud gives us a little glimpse into the life of people living in the Middle Ages. Sean Connery as William of Baskerville plays superb, Christian Slater as Adson of Melk is a rising star, and all the other actors play good to very good- a well-composed cast (not to mention Ron Perlman as a hunchbacked monk). The movie really got a feel of authenticity. The only aspect I have to complain about are some of the changes done regarding the book - well, imo they are no improvement - especially the almost happy-ending regarding the rose named girl (in the book it is indicated that she would burn with the two monks in Avignon after trial) and as Bernardo Gui (the inquisitor) is a historical person - he did not die in real life (and in the book) like in the movie depicted. Eichinger (the producer or whoever is responsible for those changes) did imo regarding the ending of the movie too much sugar-coating for the audience. For those unnecessary but important changes, I got at least to distract one or two points. Anyway - still a magnificent movie.
thisseatofmars This film's hard to describe: one part murder mystery, one part social commentary / historical context. The movie's built around the ideas of theology, study, and knowledge, so the murder mystery plays second fiddle to these heady concepts. It's an obvious and easy thing to say, but Sean Connery is a treasure, celebrated for good reason. He is no less charming as a Franciscan monk than his portrayal of James Bond, which is weird, because monks are usually celibate (apparently.)Ron Perlman is also in this, playing a ghoulish hunchback. He's a class A ham who's made a career out of playing malformed brutes with beautiful hearts, and it was a delight seeing him pop up during this film. There are other iconic actors throughout, but really this film is about its direction and atmosphere. Tweaking an element or two could easily convert this film into a fantastic horror show. Anyway, recommended.
oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- The Name of the Rose, 1986. A bizarre series of monks murders in an isolated 14th century abbey brings a Papal Inquisaitor and Franciscan Brother William of Baskerville to investigate the evil crimes.*Special Stars- Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham.*Theme- Truth is always worth finding.*Trivia/location/goofs- The film features several clerical groups: The papal legates, Benedictine and Fransciscan monks.*Emotion- An off beat but rich film with colorful locations, actor faces, and historical intrigue involving the Middle Ages with a satisfying 'who-did-it' plot.*Based On- A best selling novel of the time.
gavin6942 An intellectually nonconformist monk (Sean Connery) investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.First of all, thank you to whomever cast William Hickey. The man has not been in enough films, so it is great to see him here. Truly an underrated talent.Connery's character is said to be an amalgam of Sherlock Holmes and William of Occam. This is quite evident, with the way he treats Christian Slater very much like a young Watson. And even Occam was apparent following the belief that the easiest explanation was probably the correct one... this is, in effect, a Holmes tale with a medieval twist.The film did poorly at the box office in the United States, playing at only 176 theaters and grossing only $7.2 million on a $17 million budget. However, it was popular in many parts of Europe and had a worldwide gross of over $77 million. It received generally positive reviews from American and Italian critics. Why Italian, who knows? But the critics were right, and this is a great film. How it failed to go over well in American is a mystery.