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… Read more
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The Name of the Rose
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Movie · Drama · Thriller · R
1986 · 2h 10m · ★ 59% (228K)
Who, in the name of God, is getting away with murder?
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger
Overview
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.
Director
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Production
Cristaldifilm, Les Films Ariane, ZDF, RAI, Constantin Film
Cast
Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Elya Baskin, Michael Lonsdale, Volker Prechtel, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Habeck, Urs Althaus, Valentina Vargas, Ron Perlman, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Valobra, Vernon Dobtcheff, Donald O'Brien, Andrew Birkin, F. Murray Abraham, Lucien Bodard, Peter Berling