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The Name of the Rose
The life of William of Baskerville, a Franciscan monk, who does his best and struggles against solving the mysterious cases that take place, but upon his move to the Abby, where mysterious murders of the monks begin to take place, the thing that leads the clerks to call him for help, has been changed completely.


















13 April 1950, New York City, New York, USA

26 January 1934, Rome, Lazio, Italy

14 August 1934, Nîmes, Gard, France

9 May 1958, Rome, Lazio, Italy

20 October 1947, Catania, Sicily, Italy


9 August 1941, Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany



1925, Brindisi, Puglia, Italy


July 23, 2004
the window dressing is not enough to buoy the principle acting
May 26, 2006
It's really a decent exploitation film disguised as a proper art film.
January 01, 2000
This real monastery looks as if it were designed by the artist M. C. Escher.
January 24, 2003
A well-played medieval murder mystery, featuring a lot of good-looking men with really bad haircuts.
July 01, 2004
How you accept an English monk with a Scottish accent and the mind of a Sherlock Holmes is the question.
April 19, 2016
...a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence.
November 29, 2002
Marvelous adaptation of a complex Umberto Eco novel. Christian Slater's first feature role.
August 02, 2011
For labyrinth-lovers...a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate. [Blu-ray]
April 22, 2005
A great mystery until the end. Connery and Abraham throw sparks each time they meet.
August 31, 2016
Umberto Eco seems unduly dismissive of a film that had to excise his postmodern trappings and scholarly sidebars. But it hasn't just been stripped down to a tawdry whodunit. Here, albeit in a streamlined way, the whydunit matters as much, if not more.
July 01, 2004
A spiritual thriller that holds up thanks to its rich themes and great acting