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The Name of the Rose
According to his talent and ability to solve mysteries and his deep will of revealing the hidden truth behind the crimes, William of Baskerville, an ambitious and courageous Franciscan monk, who upon his arrival to Abby, his life turns upside down, when he has been called for investigating in the mysterious murders of monks.
19 September 1927, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
1925, Brindisi, Puglia, Italy
19 March 1901, Naples, Campania, Italy
9 December 1930, Rome, Lazio, Italy
4 July 1970, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
24 May 1931, Paris, France
20 March 1934, Obrawalde, Meseritz, West Prussia, Germany [now Obrzyce, Miedzyrzecz, Lubuskie, Poland]
13 April 1950, New York City, New York, USA
9 December 1945, London, England, UK
9 May 1958, Rome, Lazio, Italy
9 January 1956, Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany
July 01, 2004
How you accept an English monk with a Scottish accent and the mind of a Sherlock Holmes is the question.
November 29, 2002
Marvelous adaptation of a complex Umberto Eco novel. Christian Slater's first feature role.
April 22, 2005
A great mystery until the end. Connery and Abraham throw sparks each time they meet.
July 01, 2004
A spiritual thriller that holds up thanks to its rich themes and great acting
January 01, 2000
This real monastery looks as if it were designed by the artist M. C. Escher.
April 19, 2016
...a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence.
January 24, 2003
A well-played medieval murder mystery, featuring a lot of good-looking men with really bad haircuts.
July 23, 2004
the window dressing is not enough to buoy the principle acting
August 02, 2011
For labyrinth-lovers...a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate. [Blu-ray]
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.
May 26, 2006
It's really a decent exploitation film disguised as a proper art film.