The Name of the Rose is a movie directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud in 1986 and based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco, first published in 1980. The movie features Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Lonsdale, Valentina Vargas, Ron Perlman, and others.
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Storyline
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.
Movie vs Book
Year
1986
Minutes
130
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Name of the Rose
Original title: Der Name der Rose
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Country: West Germany
Year: 1986
Length: 2h10m
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Year
1980
Pages
533
Book Rate
8.26
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Book
The Name of the Rose
Original title: Il nome della rosa
Author: Umberto Eco
Country: Italy
First published in: 1980
Length: 533 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Giacomo Battiato
User polls & recommendations
“I was impressed with Lynch's Dune, but it was not what I had dreamed of. I'll go back to the book and to the images that came out when I read it.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)
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