Watch The Name of the Rose (1986) Free Online

Release Date: 1986

Cast: Ron Perlman, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr., Michael Lonsdale, Elya Baskin, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater, Michael Habeck, Volker Prechtel, Sean Connery, William Hickey, Helmut Qualtinger

Categories: Movies, Whodunit, Period Piece, Film Adaptation, World Cinema, Detective Fiction, Costume Drama, Drama Film, Gothic Film, Crime Fiction, Mystery, Crime Thriller, Thriller, Detective

The Name of the Rose (original title, Il nome della rosa) is a 1986 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk, who are called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey. The story takes place in Northern Italy, during the early 14th century. Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his novice Adso of Melk (narrating as an old man) arrive at a Benedictine abbey where a mysterious death has occurred ahead of an important... MORE

The Name of the Rose (original title, Il nome della rosa) is a 1986 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk, who are called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey. The story takes place in Northern Italy, during the early 14th century. Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his novice Adso of Melk (narrating as an old man) arrive at a Benedictine abbey where a mysterious death has occurred ahead of an important theological Church conference. William, known for his deductive and analytic mind, confronts the worried Abbot and gains permission to investigate the death – a young illuminator appears to have committed suicide. Over the next few days, several other bizarre deaths occur, and the two gradually discover that everything is not what it seems in the abbey. William and Adso also make the acquaintance of Salvatore, a demented hunchback who speaks gibberish in various languages, and his handler and protector, Remigio da Varagine who, as events prove, also has a shady past. William quickly deduces that LESS