The Name of the Rose

Overview

Northern Italy, 1327. The Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young apprentice Adso of Melk reach an isolated Benedictine abbey on the Alps to aid in a dispute between the Franciscan Order and the Avignon papacy. Upon arrival at the abbey, the two find themselves involved in a chain of mysterious deaths.

Cast

John Turturro

William of Baskerville

Rupert Everett

Bernardo Gui

Damian Hardung

Adso of Melk

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Remigio of Varagine

Greta Scarano

Anna / Margherita

Richard Sammel

Malachi of Hildesheim

Stefano Fresi

Salvatore of Montferrat

Roberto Herlitzka

Alinardo of Grottaferrata

Fausto Maria Sciarappa

Nicola of Morimondo

Antonia Fotaras

The Occitan Girl

Benjamin Stender

Benno of Uppsala

Claudio Bigagli

Gerolamo of Caffa

Corrado Invernizzi

Michele of Cesena

Max Malatesta

Aymaro of Alessandria

James Cosmo

Jorge of Burgos

Michael Emerson

Abo of Fossanova - The Abbot

Rinat Khismatouline

Cardinal du Pouget

David Brandon

Hugh of Newcastle

Peter Davison

Old Adso / Narrator (voice)

Maurizio Lombardi

Berengario da Arundel

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