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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
- 512
- 1980
- 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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- Jean-Jacques Annaud
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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. Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville , called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
- $77.2 million
- James Horner
- $17.5 million
- Bernd Eichinger, Bernd Schaefers
Jan 1, 2001 · For a truly penetrating look at religion and atheism, Umberto Eco, he da man. The Name of the Rose is a profoundly nihilistic book. It is ostensibly a book about a murder mystery: A man, a monk rather, Brother William, arrives with his assistant, Adso, at an abbey high in the Italian Alps.
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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 adaptation of Umberto Eco's novel about a friar and his apprentice investigating murders in a medieval abbey. See cast, crew, episodes, ratings, reviews, trivia and more on IMDb.
A comprehensive literature guide to Umberto Eco's historical murder mystery novel, The Name of the Rose. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
