The Name of the Rose (1986)

The Name of the Rose (1986)

They believed in God, but traded with the Devil.

An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

The Name of the Rose is a 1986 Italian–French–Germanmysteryhistorical drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the novel of the same name by Umberto Eco.Sean Connery stars as the Franciscanfriar William of Baskerville, called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey, and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk.

The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose theatrical poster, by Drew Struzan.

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