The Name of the Rose

About The Name of the Rose

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.

Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose is a 1986 mystery thriller film. Released in September 1986, it runs 130 minutes.

Sean Connery appears as William of Baskerville, Christian Slater as Adso of Melk, Helmut Qualtinger as Remigio da Varagine, and Elya Baskin as Severinus. Written by Alain Godard and Andrew Birkin. Production companies include Constantin Film, Cristaldifilm, and Les Films Ariane. The film began as a novel.

Members will find murder mystery, thoughtful, christianity, and medieval in it. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Black Death, Season of the Witch, and The Little Hours make useful companions to The Name of the Rose, all filed under 14th century and inquisition. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 3,421 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.