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Plot summary. In 1327, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his assistant Adso of Melk arrive at a Benedictine abbey in Northern Italy to attend a theological disputation. The abbey is being used as neutral ground in a dispute between Pope John XXII and the Franciscans over the question of apostolic poverty.
- Umberto Eco
- 1980
Sep 24, 1986 · A 1986 film adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel, starring Sean Connery as a medieval detective. Find out the plot, cast, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- 1986-09-24
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. [3] Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
Jan 1, 2001 · Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns to the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, and the empirical insights of Roger Bacon to find the killer.
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- Paperback
Jun 14, 2024 · The Name of the Rose, novel by Italian writer Umberto Eco, published in 1980. Although it stands on its own as a murder mystery, it is more accurately seen as a questioning of the meaning of ‘truth’ from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives.
- Umberto Eco
- 1980
A TV series based on Umberto Eco's novel about a friar and his apprentice investigating a series of murders in a medieval abbey. See cast, crew, episodes, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
The Name of the Rose. An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. 3,020 IMDb 7.7 2 h 6 min 1986. X-Ray R.
