The Name of the Rose | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

It's the work of the Devil. That's what some say when a bizarre series of deaths strikes a 14th-century monastery. Others find links between the deaths and the book of Revelation. But Brother William of Baskerville thinks otherwise. He intends to find a murderer by using fact and reason ? the tools of heresy.

Best Actor British Academy Award winner Sean Connery is wily William in this compelling adaptation of Umberto Eco's bestseller. Christian Slater plays Adso, aide to the sleuthing cleric and a youth on the verge of sexual and intellectual awakening. F. Murray Abraham is arrogance incarnate as the Inquisitor. Director Jean-Jacques Annaud filmed this moody mystery at an actual 12th-century monastery where hooded faces loom like gargoyles.

Production Year:

1986

Released:

Tue, 07/06/2004

Run Time Minutes:

131

Rating:

Genres:

Drama

Genres:

Suspense/Thriller

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

1.85-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

Resolution:

720x1280 HiRez

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

5.1

Actors:

Sean Connery - William of Baskerville

Actors:

Christian Slater - Adso of Melk

Actors:

Helmut Qualtinger - Remigio de Varagine

Actors:

Elya Baskin - Severinus

Actors:

Michael Lonsdale - The Abbot

Actors:

Volker Prechtel - Malachia

Actors:

Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. - Jorge de Burgos

Actors:

William Hickey - Ubertino de Casale

Actors:

Michael Habeck - Berengar

Actors:

Urs Althaus - Venantius

Actors:

Valentina Vargas - The Girl

Actors:

Ron Perlman - Salvatore

Actors:

Leopoldo Trieste - Michele da Cesena

Actors:

Franco Valobra - Jerome of Kaffa

Actors:

Vernon Dobtcheff - Hugh of Newcastle

Actors:

Donald O'Brien - Pietro d'Assisi

Actors:

Andrew Birkin - Cuthbert of Winchester

Actors:

F. Murray Abraham - Bernardo Gui

Actors:

Lucien Bodard - Cardinal Bertrand

Actors:

Peter Berling - Jean d'Anneaux

Actors:

Pete Lancaster - Bishop of Alborea

Actors:

Dwight Weist - The Voice of Adso as an Old Man

Actors:

Franco Adducci

Actors:

Niko Br?cher

Actors:

Aristide Caporale

Actors:

Fabio Carfora

Actors:

Peter Cl?s

Actors:

Mario Diano

Actors:

Fabrizio Fontana

Actors:

Rolando Fucili

Actors:

Valerio Isidori

Actors:

Luigi Leoni

Actors:

Armando Marra

Actors:

Maurizio Mauri

Actors:

Ludger Pistor

Actors:

Francesco Scali

Actors:

Maria Tedeschi

Actors:

Andrea Tilli

Actors:

Ennio Lollainni

Actors:

Emil Feist

Actors:

Francesco Maselli

Actors:

Renato Nebolini

Actors:

Antonio Cetta

Actors:

Franco Covielleo

Actors:

Daniele Ferretti

Actors:

Sabatino Gennardo

Actors:

Luciano Invidia

Actors:

Mauro Leoni

Actors:

Massimiliano Scarpa

Actors:

Umberto Zuanelli

Actors:

Mark Bellinghaus - Jorge's Novice

Actors:

David Furtw?ngler

Actors:

Patric Kreuzer

Actors:

Kim Rossi Stuart

Actors:

Lars Bodin-Jorgensen - Adelmo

Actors:

Franco Diogene

Actors:

Giordano Falzoni

Actors:

Eckehard Koch

Actors:

Gina Poli

Actors:

Gianni Rizzo

Actors:

Lothar Sch?nbrodt

Actors:

Vittorio Zarfati

Actors:

Carlo Bianchino - Papal Guard

Actors:

Eugenio Bonardi

Actors:

Pietro Ceccarelli

Actors:

Franco Marino

Actors:

Hans Sch?del

Actors:

Peter Welz - Nero

Actors:

Alberto Capone - Executioner